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Now, during the summer of 1621, another challenge arises. A young Mayflower passenger, John Billington Jr., around sixteen or seventeen years old, has disappeared. John crossed the Atlantic with his parents, John Sr. and Elinor, and his younger brother, Francis. Remember his gunpowder incident aboard the Mayflower? All four survived Plymouth’s devastating first winter. But beyond the settlement li...

The March peace agreement with Ousamequin—known to the English as Massasoit—remains in place. But agreements must be lived out, even when the people involved have different needs and concerns. PRINCIPAL HISTORICAL SOURCES 1. Mourt’s Relation (1622) — Edited by Dwight B. Heath (1963), pp. 60–68. Primary account of Winslow and Hopkins’s diplomatic journey to Ousamequin, including Native hospitality,...

The settlers had reached terms of peace with Ousamequin—known to the English as Massasoit. Edward Winslow had returned. Quadequina had visited the settlement. Samoset and Squanto remained with the English, while Ousamequin and his people camped nearby. The settlers kept watch, and the night passed without any reported danger. But agreeing to peace is one thing. Living it out is another. 1. Mourt’s...

For the first time since arriving here, the newcomers can begin to understand the people, places, and history surrounding their settlement. Who lives around them? Who holds authority here? And what happened on the land where Plymouth now stands? Today, we remain inside that conversation as Samoset begins answering those questions. What he tells them will help explain where they are, who their neig...

The company has found a place to anchor. The people still need a place to live. Cold and sickness are already wearing them down. William Bradford faces this new beginning without his wife. Dorothy is dead. Behind them lies the attack—on Cape Cod. Here at Plymouth, they do not yet know what kind of reception awaits them. And winter gives them little room to hesitate. SELECTED SOURCES Mourt’s Relati...

And before their search is over, the dangers they face crossing the Atlantic will be replaced by dangers of an entirely different kind. Before there could be a Plymouth Colony, they first had to find a place to plant it. And finding it may prove far more complicated than simply stepping off the Mayflower. SOURCES & REFERENCES — EPISODE 65: “PLYMOUTH” Principal Primary Sources: • Mourt’s Relati...

And when they finally reached the coast of North America, almost nothing went according to plan. Before they could establish a colony… before they could build homes… before they could even know whether they would survive what was coming… they faced a question that would become far more important than they could possibly have understood at the time. Plymouth References PRIMARY & CONTEMPORARY HI...

Opechancanough [oh-peh-KAN-kuh-noh] barely seemed to notice. Because none of that was ever the real story. The real story was patience — the kind that outlasts governments, outlasts a body giving out, outlasts everyone’s guard going down. Today, that patience finally meets its moment. References Verified Historical & Scriptural References 1. William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; B...

We won’t rush past it. Today is about everything that happened in between — and about a question worth contemplating as we continue: an agreement nobody wrote down, between two exhausted sides who trusted it for very different reasons — what actually holds a peace like that together? References Primary/Period Sources • Wyatt’s April 1622 letter to the Virginia Company (referenced for continuity; p...

So rather than walk you through every raid and every season in painstaking detail — telling you the same kind of story five or six times over — we're going to FF if you will. We'll hit the highlights that matter: a gunpowder shortage that stalls the English for a couple of years without the Powhatan ever knowing it, a false peace in 1628 that falls apart within months, and we're going to slow back...

Outlying plantations abandoned overnight. Survivors streaming into Jamestown on foot. A governor with no real map, crossing off names of settlements he no longer controlled, burying the dead in the same breath he was mustering what defense he could. References "Francis Wyatt." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wyatt Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. "The Tragedy of 1622: The Powhatan P...

But by March of 1617, Rolfe is standing at another grave, this one at Gravesend, England, burying Rebecca far from the land she'd been taken from. And his and Rebecca's boy, little Thomas — is too sick to make the voyage home with him. So Rolfe does something almost unthinkable to a modern parent: he leaves his son behind, in the care of relatives, and sails back to Virginia alone. Not because he...

John Rolfe did not take this decision lightly. Before vows were ever exchanged, he wrestled with questions of conscience, duty, faith, and the will of God. To understand where Virginia was headed next, we first need to understand the struggle that came before the wedding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vision_of_Delighthttps://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/pocahontas-her-life-and-legend...

A settlement can survive one winter and still have no future. Jamestown had endured its darkest hour. Now it had to learn how to live, grow, produce, govern, and survive in a land already inhabited by people with their own communities, leaders, interests, and histories. Research: The Bible, Internet, A.I. BTW I’ve noticed that when you look up a particular individual you sometimes come across imag...

Day by day, hunger strips away the comforts and routine of civilized life. Horses were eaten first. Then dogs and cats. Rats became prized food. Snakes, vermin (mice & cockroaches) roots, berries and anything that might sustain life for another day is consumed. When even those were gone, some colonists boiled leather to soften it enough to chew. Primary Sources George Percy — A True Relation o...

By the early 1600s, Spain had built a vast empire in the Americas, bringing enormous wealth back to Europe. England watched closely. If Spain could establish colonies across the Atlantic, England believed it could as well. Primary Sources Captain John Smith — The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624) Jamestown founding account Early struggles Leadership role Relat...

Welcome to Episode 54 of The Greg SCHREFFLER Show™, & we are on series episode 2 of America 250: Truth, Faith & Freedom. Every nation has a birthday...But only great nations have a story. Ideas came from Athens... Rome... England...Scripture. Nations came from God. Nations exist under God's sovereign authority. Despite imperfections from nations (made up of imperfect people) He still rules...

Why do we celebrate anniversaries? Is it because everything was perfect? Of course not. We celebrate them because they're milestones; moments to reflect on where we've been, what we've endured, what we've overcome, and how those experiences shaped who we've become. Every challenge. Every sacrifice. Every victory. Every setback. They all become part of the story.story As you know, America just mark...

1-on-1 interview with Tim Rupard, Director/Founder of Winston Wins ministry, former Men's and Missions pastor. Owner of a local advertising company, public speaker, semi-pro photography. Music man. Dancer. Author. Winston Wins: https://search.brave.com/a/redirect?click_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWinston-Story-family-courageous-through%2Fdp%2FB0BQ9RBMJX%3Ftag%3Dustxtadsp-20&placement_id...

Welcome to Episode 51 of The Greg SCHREFFLER Show™. Today, we ‘re going to talk about creeds. Is there a creed you live by? Did you play on a sports team that had a creed? There’s a Soldier’s Creed. Have you heard of it? One of my favorites. When I was teaching martial arts we had creeds. There’s Assassin’s Creed. The Apostles' Creed is a historic statement of Christian faith. Modern translations,...

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Do you know what Discipleship is? Do you know what it means? Have you been discipled? Have you discipled someone? Are you hearing about Discipleship from the pulpit? Are you leading or following? What does the Bible say about it? What did Jesus say about Discipleship? Explore this with me & decide for yourself where we, Bible-believing Christians, should be as far as teaching or being taught....

Don’t miss an interview with David who is a fellow Christian brother in Christ. He’s from Trinidad. David has had two close encounters with death that you’ll want to hear about. And learn how God miraculously preserved his life.

What is “Data Dumping”? Has Satan used against Christianity? Are there really 4,200 different religions? 45,000 denominations? How do I know which religion to choose? Is Jesus really the ONLY way? Don’t all roads lead to Jesus? And much more… The Bible, Internet, A.I. World population: populationeducation.org PBS Learning Media Three quarters: Wikipedia Testbook World religions: Wikipedia populati...

Picking up where we left off on defining sin. How are we under Adam’s condemnation? Why does the virgin birth matter? What is this 2nd or last Adam? If Christ is 100% human then how can He be sinless? What’s the solution to our sinful state? Refer to episode 44 for supporting links.