Why America Lasted 250 Years and France Didn't
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Show notes
America and France launched near-identical revolutions—only one survived. Here's why.
In this Freedom Sunday message, Pastor Stephen Martin contrasts the American Revolution of 1776 with the French Revolution of 1789—the same vocabulary of freedom and rights, opposite outcomes. America grounded freedom in the Creator and built a republic that has lasted 250 years; France grounded it in man and collapsed into terror. It's the perfect listen for the commute, the gym, or the drive, unpacking why real freedom is never neutral and why political freedom alone can never free the human heart.
You'll Learn:
✅ The difference between rights that come from God and rights that come from the state
✅ How the founders built government on the reality of human sin
✅ Why only Christ delivers the inward freedom a free people need to stay free
📖 John 8:31–32; 2 Corinthians 3:17
Resources mentioned:
The Patriot (2000 film)
Federalist No. 51 by James Madison
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
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