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Sermon on Acts 6:1-7 and 1 Timothy 8-13
This past week I had one of those so called ‘lightbulb’ moments; though at my age they tend to be more like the new bulbs that seem to take an age to actually brighten up! Immersed as I continue to be in the whole issue of church leadership and the role of elders and deacons,…
1836 HT: Christian History Institute Alexander Duff was a Scotsman who became a missionary educator in Calcutta, India, serving there for much of the nineteenth century. He set up his first school under a banyan tree and within two years had over a thousand students. However, he saw few conversions. Nonetheless, his educational methods inspired reform…
Of his latest article about Scottish church history, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh writes, “This week’s article is very topical, as we hear news every day in Israel during the ongoing war there. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 is strongly linked to Scotland and it prepared the way for the return of the Jewish people to…
1776 HT: Christian History Institute John Newton was a slaver when he became a Christian. Some years after leaving the slave trade, he became a staunch anti-slavery man, a Minister in the Church of England, and the author of the hymn “Amazing Grace.” He also counseled people by letter. On this day, 20 June, 1776, he wrote…