(photo: Marek Studzinski, Unsplash) (Well not me, personally, but Mike Judge, Editor of Evangelical Times who has just posted this excellent piece on their website.) It’s bonfire night here in the UK, and this article may just blow up in my face. So let me say, right off the bat, that I’m flying solo on…
In medieval times, people used to add illustrations of dragons or sea monsters or other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist. In the British Museum in London there’s an old mariner’s chart, drawn in 1525, which outlines the North American coastline. The man who drew the map added comments…
1605 HT: Diana Severance Have you ever heard anyone say, “He’s just an ordinary guy?” Curiously, the word guy has its roots in a l7th century plot to blow up the British Parliament. Religion and politics were inseparable in early England. When Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth in l570, English Catholics did not like obeying…
1836 HT: The One Year Christian History (Kindle Edition) IN 1779 Charles Simeon entered King’s College at Cambridge University as an eager student with no particular allegiance to God. After three days he was appalled to learn that at Cambridge participation in the Lord’s Supper was mandatory. In just three weeks he would have to…
1723 HT: Diana Severance, Dan Graves The masterful sermons of what American preacher profoundly influenced Patrick Henry to become a great orator and patriot? What American minister succeeded Jonathan Edwards as President of Princeton University? The answer to both questions is Samuel Davies. Samuel was born on this day, November 3, l723. Evidently, his Baptist mother…
1533 HT: Diana Severance When the apostle Paul escaped Damascus by being lowered over the wall in a basket it was not the last time a Christian evangelist would dramatically flee from persecution. On this day, November 2, in 1533, John Calvin made a similar thrilling escape from Paris. A devout Catholic, Calvin studied law at the…