Iliya Marinov, Pastor of Ruse Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Bulgaria, is my latest interviewee.
Iliya Marinov, Pastor of Ruse Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Bulgaria, is my latest interviewee.
1743 HT: Dan Graves David Brainerd, was a legendary pioneer missionary to the American Indians. He died in 1747 when he was only 29 years old, but his journal has inspired Christians in every generation since. One day in December, 1742, he made an entry that gave later generations a peek at the experience of…
1915 HT: Dan Graves In 1914, Mary Slessor, a world-famous missionary to Nigeria, fell so ill that she had to be taken by canoe to hospital. A few weeks later she collapsed again. As she lay semi-conscious she whispered “O God, release me.” She died on this day, January 13, 1915, mourned by thousands of…
Here is the audio of this post In the last study we saw that the clear and unavoidable teaching of Scripture is that elders are plural. However, even where there is a plurality of elders, more often than not, at least in my own experience, there is a lack of conformity with the second thing…
Every now and then, even at my advanced stage in life, i come across a hymn I don’t believe I have ever sung before and which wonderfully blesses me even as I join with others in singing it. Yesterday in church we sang this beautiful prayer. Lord Jesus, think on me, and purge away my…
1588 HT: Dan Graves Can you imagine the outcry if the Boston Globe were to announce that the Governor of Massachusetts had preached one Sunday from the Bible, using as his text, Christ’s “Sermon on the Mount?” Does the very idea sound ridiculous and impossible? Well, such an event did take place in 1630. Governor John Winthrop…