In 1630, Puritan immigrant John Winthrop wrote “A Modell of Christian Charity,” asserting:
Bill Leonard“Wee shall finde that the God of Israel is among us, … that men shall say of succeeding plantacions: the Lord make it like that of New England: for we must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies of all people are upon us ….”
Phrases like “Citty on a Hill,” “Holy Experiment” and “Redeemer Nation” laid a foundation for American Exceptionalism, …
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Bill Leonard is the James and Marilyn Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies and professor of church history at Wake Forest University School of Divinity.
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