The Preacher Who Emptied Franklin's Pockets #America250 #Nation250 #Nightlight #RTTBROS
The Preacher Who Emptied Franklin's Pockets #America250 #Nation250 #Nightlight #RTTBROS
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?"”
— Romans 10:14
THE STORY
Benjamin Franklin did not believe everything George Whitefield preached. He said so himself.
But he admired the man enormously, and the story of their friendship is one of the most charming and revealing in all of American history. Franklin, the great skeptic, became one of Whitefield's closest friends, his…
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