
Eric Metaxas joins Dr. Frank Turek to discuss the true story of the American Revolution and his new book exploring its divine providence and heroic figures.
There’s never been a nation like the United States of America. But do you know the wild and true story of how it came into existence? On our 250th anniversary, the hunger for America’s story has never been greater, and who better to tell it than historian and radio host Eric Metaxas, author of seven New York Times bestsellers including the ground-breaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer? This week, Eric joins Frank to discuss his brand-new 600+ page book, 'Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World', which explores in-depth the divine providence and heroic stories behind the founding of the United States. Together, Eric and Frank answer questions like: Why is the book titled 'Revolution' and not 'The American Revolution'? What is American exceptionalism? What makes Eric's book unique compared to hundreds of other books written on the American Revolution? What was the first seed that led to the struggle for American independence? Who was Henry Knox and what makes his heroic story one of the greatest but little known stories of U.S. History? Why did the Founding Fathers (and the people who supported them) call America's struggle for independence "the…
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