About Us

Thank you for visiting 1776web.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 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.

We are a Christian homeschooling family. My wife, Sue, kids

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. We designed this website through the help of an excellent tutorial from Steve Beck's family e-biz website. I would highly recommend his website tutorial which is called Building Sites That Sell. When you put one of the CD-ROMs in your computer, the tutorial comes up on your screen and Steve walks you through the entire process, including downloading the necessary (and free) software programs, getting your web host, picking your domain name, doing keyword research, and designing the website itself.

I normally had the tutorial going in one window while doing the web design in another window at the same time. If we can do it, you can too! So, take a look at Steve's website on Building Sites That Sell! He also has a great DVD series entitled, How to Start Your Own Business ... For Families and Teens. Steve will walk you through the entire process of starting up a business. This DVD workshop will take you by the hand and guide you through the small business jungle. When you emerge from the other side, you will have a business idea with a working business plan and marketing plan that you can implement right away!

We also have an ebay store, Ancient Paths Christian Bookstore. You can take a look at our store at http://stores.ebay.com/ancientpathschristianbookstore. If you are interested in opening an ebay store, go here to start selling online today! In our store, we specialize in excellent, brand new Christian books and DVDs. We offer items from a literal six day Creation perspective, such as Moody Science classic videos, Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis; Classic works from Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther, C.S. Lewis, Noah Webster, and Lamplighter Publishing, including the Early Church Fathers sets, and Noah Webster's First American Dictionary of the English Language from 1828; Bible Commentaries, such as The John MacArhur Commentary set; and Homeschool Curriculum from The Foundation of American Christian Education (F.A.C.E.), Answers in Genesis, and others.

Our store name comes from:

Jeremiah 6:16 (NIV) “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.’”

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
Webmaster
1776web.com

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