About this episode

Lance Wallnau explores lesser-known moments in American history where individual leaders made pivotal decisions influenced by divine intervention.

A pair of reading glasses stopped a military coup in 1783. New England quietly talked about leaving the union in 1814, forty seven years before the South did. These are true stories, and almost nobody remembers them. Is it a coincidence, or is God's hand really in it? In this episode, Lance Wallnau walks through the moments American history books skip over: the Newburgh conspiracy, the Hartford Convention, Andrew Jackson's showdown with South Carolina, Lincoln's calls for national repentance, and FDR's wartime turnaround. Each one came down to a single leader making a single choice, and each one still shapes the country you live in today. In this episode: * The 1783 Newburgh conspiracy Washington stopped without raising his voice * The Hartford Convention of 1814, the secession talk your history class left out * Andrew Jackson's toast that faced down South Carolina's threat to leave the union * Lincoln's 1863 line, "we have forgotten God," and why he called for national days of prayer in the middle of the war * How FDR set aside his own economic playbook to win World War Two * Why every one of these moments hinged on one person's decision, and what that means for the moment we're…

People in this episode

Host: Lance Wallnau

Topics covered

• American history
• leadership decisions
• historical events
• God's influence
• national repentance
• military coups

Keywords

• Newburgh conspiracy
• Hartford Convention
• Andrew Jackson
• Lincoln
• FDR
• military coup
• American history
• God's hand
• leadership
• national repentance

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