1882 HT: Dan Graves MANTANTU DUNDULU was a hero in everyday life and in the kingdom of Christ. Reared by an uncle, who was a tribal chief (the boy’s father was not in the picture for reasons not entirely clear), he fiercely protected his three sisters. In 1881, as a young man of about eleven,…
Over recent years I have presented my Bible in a Day seminar to 100s of people in numerous churches around the UK and also in Poland. That seminar is still available but I am now developing a new one called A Day in the Bible and have already got bookings for it in Liverpool and…
1872 Frances Ridley Havergal, in Winterdyne, England, writes the words to the hymn “A Worker’s Prayer” aka “Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak.” One stanza reads, “O teach me, Lord, that I may teach /The precious things Thou dost impart; /And wing my words, that they may reach /The hidden depths of many…
1650 HT: Dan Graves ON THIS DAY, 27 April 1650, a church committee appointed John Flavel to assist Mr. Walplate, the dying minister of Diptford, Devon, England. This marked the beginning of Flavel’s long association with Devon. Realizing that his university education had done little to prepare him for a pastorate, he studied hard on…
This weekend I have the joy and privilege of preaching at the anniversary weekend of New Cumnock Evangelical Church, in Ayrshire. I am preaching three sermons on Habakkuk, one this evening and two tomorrow. I would greatly value your prayers for all who hear God’s word as well as for myself.
1806 HT: Dan Graves On this day, April 26, 1806, Alexander Duff was born in Perthshire in Scotland. The boy, who would win such a name for patient and enthusiastic faith as a man, grew up on a small farm. His father farmed but also had a heart for the things of God. He was…