This prayer comes at the end of ‘Lecture Eighth’ on Jeremiah, in which God bemoans the fact that “the whole people were unteachable….they were hard-necked and untameable; for he had tried to correct them by scourges, but effected nothing.” “Grant, Almighty God, that since thou, in thy paternal kindness, daily invitest us to thyself, we…
521 HT: Dan Graves TRADITION SAYS Columba was born in Gartan, Ireland, on this day, 7 December 521. He was of a noble family. Originally he was named Criomhthan, meaning “fox” but later people called him Columba, “dove,” or Columbkille/Colmcille, “dove of the churches,” because of the gentle character he developed and his part in founding many…
1829 HT: The Reformation Resurgence India in the 18th century bore a scar so deep it cried out to heaven—Sati, the burning of widows alive. Women, stripped of hope and dragged to the flames, were sacrificed on the altar of cruel tradition. This wasn’t worship. This wasn’t devotion. It was murder wrapped in religion, a…
1865 HT: @banneroftruth John Nisbet, Covenanter and martyr, was executed on this day in 1685 in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket for his faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ.
