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Prayer That Held The Constitution Together
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Benjamin Franklin didn’t just debate at the Constitutional Convention, he called the room to its knees. When weeks of argument produced more heat than progress, Franklin warned that human wisdom was failing and asked why the delegates had not “humbly” sought help from the “Father of Lights.” That single motion for daily prayer reframes how we think about the founding of the Constitution and what the leaders in that room believed they needed most.
We walk through Franklin’s full appeal, then zoom out to the bigger question people still fight over today: was America founded as…
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