The New Birth of Freedom
In what is perhaps the most famous speech in American history, maybe the greatest speech in American history, the sixteenth president of these United States envisioned “a new birth of freedom.” Let’s consider what he meant, and how it has turned out.
George Whitefield (1714–1770)—who died younger than did Abraham Lincoln, by the way—liked to tell people that they needed new birth. Whitefield was an Anglican clergyman, a Calvinist, a preacher of revivals during the Great Awakening.
One story I’ve heard about him is that when asked why he so frequently preached that people had to be born again…
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