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Why the Pilgrims Really Went to America

Why the Pilgrims Really Went to America

Update: 2025-11-24
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This week, by kind permission of Dr Robert Tracy McKenzie, we read his insightful piece on the motivations of the Mayflower Pilgrims. As we mark 405 years since they made landfall in Provincetown, Massachussetts, what can we learn of spiritual benefit from their reasons for going to the 'New World'? 


 


Original article: 


https://faithandamericanhistory.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/why-the-pilgrims-really-came-to-america-2/ 


 


Books by Robert Tracy McKenzie:


The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History


We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of Democracy


 


More on the podcast about the Pilgrims: 


Episode II: The Congregation on Two Continents


 


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Why the Pilgrims Really Went to America

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