1663 HT: Dan Graves When Jospeh Alleine‘s older brother Edward died, Joseph underwent a spiritual crisis, what he would call a “thorough conversion.” Edward had been studying for the ministry and Joseph pleaded with his father to be allowed to take his place. His father agreed and Joseph headed off to school. The young man…
1549 HT: Dan Graves ELIZABETH DIRK‘S parents put her in a convent as a girl. We don’t know why, but that decision brought her to Christ—and to death. In the convent, Dirks learned to read both Latin and her native Dutch. She pored over a Latin Bible. Becoming convinced monasticism was not biblical, she looked…
1700 HT: Stagger and Reel Today, we celebrate the birth of Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, born on May 26, 1700. A pivotal figure in the history of the Moravian Church, Zinzendorf’s life was marked by profound devotion to Christ and an unyielding passion for mission work. Known for his famous quote, “I have loved…
Today, the Lord’s Day, in sound biblical churches all over the country many church leaders will say something that is simply not true, and, in fact, is seriously wrong. I know because I did this myself for many years until I saw the grievous error of my ways, and I hear it done on a…
I have never quoted Elon Musk before, but here goes: “The rate of improvement of AI is faster than any technology I’ve ever seen, by far”. [1] I have often dipped my toes in the measureless waters of Ai and found it, so far, incomprehensibly fast and extremely helpful. For example, I have asked it…