1743 HT: Dan Graves Muscle-builders and pregnant women know that anyone who grows too fast is liable to get stretch marks. Organizations that grow too rapidly can get stretch marks, too. That was the case with the Welsh Methodists in the early 1740s. Converts were coming in so fast that revival leaders were unsure how…
1934 HT Dan Graves After Hitler came to power, he confronted Christians in Germany with uncomfortable choices. At first, few pastors seemed to recognize where Hitler was taking the church. He sought to co-opt both Lutheran and Reformed churches to support his National Socialist Party. Many church people supported him. Sick of the decadence that had…
Towards the end of last year, I reached out to 27 people who are currently serving in ministry around the world – different countries and different ministries but they all have on thing in common: I had the immense joy and privilege of being significantly involved in their training and equipping for ministry. We have…
1560 HT: Dan Graves When Luther’s Reformation began in Germany, it was inevitable that his ideas would seep through border cracks into neighboring Scandinavia. The most vigilant efforts of Denmark’s government and its established church could not stop German ideas, books, and preachers from slipping into the country. A shoemaker’s son was the chief…
1625 HT: Dan Graves No doubt it was with some nervousness that John Livingstone preached his first sermon on this day, 2 January 1625 in his father’s pulpit at Kilsyth, Scotland. But his most famous sermon would come five years later. Born a minister’s son in 1603, John Livingstone decided at a young age to follow Christ.…
