GUEST JOEL BEEKE host Puritan documentaryIt's sad that the legacy of the Puritans is either not known or misconstrued today They rose to prominence in the second half of the s and influenced Protestant Christianity and Western Europe and the forming of America more than any other people or movement The Puritans were born again Christians who applied Scripture to every area of life No doubt they would be pejoratively labeled Christian nationalists today Some sought to purify the compromising Church of England Others as in the case of the Pilgrims a more independent branch of the Puritans sailed to [... more]