1871 HT: Dan Graves GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY gave his heart to Christ when he was ten. In his college years he enthusiastically embraced the idea of becoming a missionary and asked the Presbyterian Church of Canada to send him to a foreign land. They had no missionary program at the time and considered him too…
My latest guest preacher is Rev Paul Gibson, Minister of Knox Free Church in Perth, Scotland.
1744 HT: Dan Graves DAVID BRAINERD lived only twenty-nine years, but his faith was responsible for two major events. He helped trigger the formation of Princeton University (as the College of New Jersey) and converted many Seneca and Delaware Indians to Christianity. His journal and diary also had a powerful influence after his death. Born…
David Robertson, aka The Wee Flea has written a very measured and thoughtful evaluation of the so-called Quiet Revival that many are talking and writing about at the moment. I would encourage you to read it here. I made the following comment on his blog in response: “Thank you, David, for a measured and wise…
Over the years I have been privileged to acquire in various ways a small collection of wonderful, really old Bibles and detailed Commentaries which are absolute treasures They date from the 18th and 19th centuries and include The Self-Interpreting Bible by Rev John Brown of Haddington. I am including them in the display that will…
I have recently been reading Iain Murray’s inspirational book, A Scottish Christian Heritage; a great book that stirs the heart to pray that God would once again visit this nation with the sort of godly men and preachers he has used in the past. I was reminded of some of what Murray writes when I…
1632 John Owen graduates BA from Oxford University. He becomes one of the leading non-conformist preachers of his day and the author of many theological works. A Calvinist, he will strongly oppose Arminian views. 1923 Mildred Cable and the Chinese Trio leave Hwo Chow to set out for Central Asia, uncertain what and where the…