410 HT: Christian History Institute ON THIS DAY, 24 August 410, Alaric and his Visigoth armies sacked Rome. The fall of the imperial city sent shock waves around the Mediterranean. It seemed the world could never be the same again. The Biblical scholar Jerome summed up the feelings of many when he wrote, “My voice sticks…
1744 HT: Christianity.com Rowland Hill scandalized his contemporaries. The son of Sir Rowland Hill, a baronet, he was born in Shropshire, England on this day, August 23, 1744. Educated at some of England’s best schools on his way to becoming a minister (Shrewsbury, Eton and St. John’s College, Cambridge), he might have risen to elite positions…
1651 HT: Virginia is for Huguenots 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 died on this day in history, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟐, 𝟏𝟔𝟓𝟏. He was born in 1618 in Cardiff, Wales. Despite opposition from his father, Love became a dedicated Puritan Christian at the age of 14. He soon matriculated to New Inn Hall, Oxford, and graduated from there with a…
Sherif Fahim, a pastor and theological educator in Alexandria, Egypt, recently discussed preaching with me. You can find around 50 other interviews in this series here.
