1685 HT: Dan Graves UNDER CHARLES I, Charles II, and James II, staunch Scottish Presbyterians suffered greatly. Many firmly believed no earthly king could be head of the church—as the Stuart kings claimed they were. That role was reserved for Jesus Christ alone. Many Scots (Covenanters) signed a covenant in 1638 denying that the Stuarts…
1886 HT: Dan Graves On this day Monday morning, May 10, 1886, at about five o’clock Anna Katherina Sartorius Barth delivered a son. It was a hard delivery, and the child was ugly. “Karli,” as his parents affectionately called him, was born at home–42 Grellingerstrasse in Basle, with just an aunt attending. Although both parents were born and raised in Basle, they…
The Church of Scotland is on the “cusp of a transformation and revival” according to Rev David Cameron, convener of the General Assembly Trustees. Of all the nonsense coming out of the CofS in recent months and years, this statement has to be the most far-fetched and irrational. The CofS is better at spinning facts…
