1519 Philip Melanchthon presents his theses for Baccalaureate of Theology at Wittenberg. They stress the authority of Scripture and of anyone’s inability to meet God’s righteous requirements on their own. 1912 HT: Dan Graves William Whiting Borden was a millionaire at 21 and ordained at twenty five on this day, September 9, 1912. Many young men have…
1767 HT: Dan Graves Many Christians have heard of William Carey, the Baptist preacher and cobbler who became known as the “Father of Protestant Missions.” Few have heard of John Ryland but there is a strong connection between the two. Born in 1753 into a godly Baptist home, John was the son of a Hebrew scholar and…
1785 HT: Dan Graves On this day, September 7, 1785, the Prescott Street Baptist Church of London was humming with activity. Behind the stir was a Baptist deacon named William Fox. Impressed by the Sunday school work of Gloucester’s newspaper editor Robert Raikes which tallied with ideas he had earlier tried to implement, William had called for…
1620 HT: Dan Graves One of the most significant chapters in American history opened on this day, September 6, 1620. After failed attempts to sail from England, leaving behind her sister ship Speedwell, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth for the New World. Aboard were 101 passengers. By today’s standards the ship was little bigger than a yacht. Ninety feet long and…