SANCTIFIED FAITH (2 OF 5)
by Steve Jones
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17
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Sanctified Faith (2 of 5)
Series: The Rest of the Gospel
Steve Jones
2 Corinthians 5:17
INTRODUCTION: Paul Harvey Pilgrim's Thanksgiving (YouTube)
In the Medieval Dutch town of Leiden in the early 17th century the immigrants were getting restless. There was a significant immigrant population even back then. The people of Leiden had a saying, ''Leiden refuses no honest people.'' 30 % of the town of Leiden had become foreign born and speaking. But eventually those immigrants grew restless. The tolerated immigrants lost their own tolerance for their new home. ''We aren't getting enough jobs'' they complained. And predictably when the Dutch natives of Leiden began hearing that sort of thing they began re-thinking their original policy of open-doors and open arms. Though the Dutch refused to deport their malcontents their unofficial attitudes became less hospitable. Many of the immigrants packed up and moved out to the ''New World.'' A handful of them got into a shaky little boat, sailed across the sea to Plymouth rock, but there was a stowaway aboard the Mayflower. That unseen passenger was the CULTURE of Leiden itself. For despite their relentless struggle for originality, the Pilgrims brought with them to their new home in North America a collage of customs which Americans recognize and revere to this day. The civil registration of marriages. Almost two centuries later John Quincy Adams would cite the Mayflower Compact as the foundation for the U.S. Constitution. But did he know that the United Colonies, which the Pilgrims established in New England in 1643, the consolidation of semi-independent jurisdictions into one nation, that was based on a form of federal government that they had first observed in the Netherlands - the United Provinces. And one thing more, back in Leiden there was a particular celebration. It was a day commemorating the end of the Spanish siege against the city in 1574. It was sort of like our fourth of July. But the focus of those D ...
Series: The Rest of the Gospel
Steve Jones
2 Corinthians 5:17
INTRODUCTION: Paul Harvey Pilgrim's Thanksgiving (YouTube)
In the Medieval Dutch town of Leiden in the early 17th century the immigrants were getting restless. There was a significant immigrant population even back then. The people of Leiden had a saying, ''Leiden refuses no honest people.'' 30 % of the town of Leiden had become foreign born and speaking. But eventually those immigrants grew restless. The tolerated immigrants lost their own tolerance for their new home. ''We aren't getting enough jobs'' they complained. And predictably when the Dutch natives of Leiden began hearing that sort of thing they began re-thinking their original policy of open-doors and open arms. Though the Dutch refused to deport their malcontents their unofficial attitudes became less hospitable. Many of the immigrants packed up and moved out to the ''New World.'' A handful of them got into a shaky little boat, sailed across the sea to Plymouth rock, but there was a stowaway aboard the Mayflower. That unseen passenger was the CULTURE of Leiden itself. For despite their relentless struggle for originality, the Pilgrims brought with them to their new home in North America a collage of customs which Americans recognize and revere to this day. The civil registration of marriages. Almost two centuries later John Quincy Adams would cite the Mayflower Compact as the foundation for the U.S. Constitution. But did he know that the United Colonies, which the Pilgrims established in New England in 1643, the consolidation of semi-independent jurisdictions into one nation, that was based on a form of federal government that they had first observed in the Netherlands - the United Provinces. And one thing more, back in Leiden there was a particular celebration. It was a day commemorating the end of the Spanish siege against the city in 1574. It was sort of like our fourth of July. But the focus of those D ...
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