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Thank you for visiting AncientPathsWeb.com!

This website is a part of Stepping Stones Company, a Christian organization dedicated to the preservation of our national heritage. It is our prayer that this website will honor the memory of our founding fathers and help to educate and equip Americans to return to our Christian foundation. The name Stepping Stones comes from the words of Pilgrim Governor William Bradford, when speaking of the reasons that the Pilgrims came to America:

They cherished a great hope and inward zeal of laying good foundations, or at least of making some way towards it, for the propagation and advance of the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in the remote parts of the world, even though they should be but stepping stones to others in the performance of so great a work.

Of Plymouth Plantation, p. 21

Our Goal

Our goal is a lofty one — to help bring America back to its Christian heritage. We realize that this goal will not be attained overnight. So, like the Pilgrims, we simply want to be Stepping Stones to others, the next generation, in the performance of so great a work.

The famWe are a Christian homeschooling family. My wife, Sue, and I have five children. We have homeschooled our children from the beginning, and intend to do so until the last one graduates. We hope to teach entrepreneurial skills to our children through this company.

Our store name comes from:

This is what the Lord says.: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.’

Jeremiah 6:16 (NIV)

We have another website, 1776web.com, that is designed to educate people about our amazing founding fathers. We have resources that will help people research their family heritage, possibly back to the Revolutionary War era. We have a page dedicated to quotes from famous Americans about our Godly heritage. We have a “fast American Revolution facts” page, with trivia and information about our founders. And, for Revolutionary War reenactors, we have resources that will help you find the costumes and weapon replicas you need.

Our goal at Ancient Paths Christian Bookstore and 1776web.com is to encourage Christians to return to the “ancient paths”, the good ways that our forefathers went. We can learn how to live today by studying the lives of Godly men from the past. If we will travel these ancient paths, walking over the stepping stones that our forefathers laid, we will turn this nation back to its Biblical roots. Then, we will find rest for our souls!

So, we hope that you enjoy this site and get lots of excellent information and resources to help you in your pursuit down the ancient paths!

Larry Pruett
ancientpathsweb.com