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    S1E8: Dr. David Saxon on George Whitefield

    enJuly 11, 2022
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    About this Episode

    Dr. David Saxon, professor of Church History at Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, Wisconsin, talks about George Whitefield (1714-1770).

    Friend to Benjamin Franklin and founder of an orphanage in Georgia, he preached over 10,000 times to millions in England and America.

     

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