Many years ago, after preaching at a church in Edinburgh, I was standing at the door speaking to people as they left and got into a conversation with a young mum who had her son with her. The wee boy who was, I guess, aged about 4 or 5, was literally standing on my toes…
2024 has been a very significant year in my life for at least two main reasons. Firstly, I recently celebrated my 70th birthday and am increasingly conscious of the passing of time and am praying much, with Moses: The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty…they are soon gone,…
1839 HT:Dan Graves John Williams encountered hostility when he landed on Erromanga, New Hebrides (Vanuatu) on this day, November 20, 1839. He tried to dash back to his ship, but he wasn’t quick enough. Swift-footed natives captured him. The missionary who had hoped to feast them with the Gospel became their feast instead. When the inhabitants of scattered…
1738 HT: Christian History Institute James Gardiner was a valiant Scots soldier. After a wild youth, he converted to Christianity in 1719 (he was thirty-one at the time) and showed many evidences of earnest faith. Philip Doddridge, a Puritan pastor, educator, and author, was so impressed he wrote a life of Gardiner. Seven years after…
1668 HT: Dan Graves JOSEPH ALLEINE was like a splendid firework that rises into the sky, illumines observers with a momentary wash of colors, and then vanishes. He flashed upon his century for fourteen brief years of public Christian service. But unlike a firework, he left behind him a lasting legacy of souls won for…
