The Bible teaching ministry of John Brand
The online Bible teaching ministry of John Brand
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1723 HT: Diana Severance, Dan Graves The masterful sermons of what American preacher profoundly influenced Patrick Henry to become a great orator and patriot? What American minister succeeded Jonathan Edwards as President of Princeton University? The answer to both questions is Samuel Davies. Samuel was born on this day, November 3, l723. Evidently, his Baptist mother…
1533 HT: Diana Severance When the apostle Paul escaped Damascus by being lowered over the wall in a basket it was not the last time a Christian evangelist would dramatically flee from persecution. On this day, November 2, in 1533, John Calvin made a similar thrilling escape from Paris. A devout Catholic, Calvin studied law at the…
It was on this day in 1517 that the German monk, Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral. Unintentionally, he set in train a whole series of events, a veritable spiritual earthquake, that was to completely reshape the world; and even today we are feeling some of the aftershocks…
After a break of a few weeks, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh is back with his weekly inspirational and informative articles on influential Scots in Church History and Missions. In mission work some people are gifted at founding a ministry; others at developing that ministry. Such was the case with Revd John Anderson who pioneered…
