306 HT: Dan Graves Did a divine intervention occur on this day, 2 April, 306? Eusebius Pamphilius, the most notable of the early church historians, thought so. He was an eyewitness. Four Caesars shared rule of the Roman Empire. Beginning in 303, they issued edicts that Christians be required to make idol sacrifices and offer libations.…
First, I am thrilled to say that we are just over one-third of the way to our £6,000 goal which will enable 50 church workers from the Africa Inland Church – South Sudan (AIC-SS) to attend the conference and have full board and the conference itself for the 5 days. Please pray that the goal…
1743 David Brainerd arrives at Kaunaumeek, about 20 miles northwest of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he will serve as a missionary among the Housatonic Indians. He will start a school for Indian children and translate some psalms. 1865 HT: Dan Graves JOHN VASSAR came from hard-working, prayerful parents. Though he took after them in respect to…
1860 HT: Dan Graves For years, Rodney Smith did not know when he had been born. He was the son of a Gypsy, had no records and would not have known how to read them if he had. “A good aunt of mine took the trouble to get someone to examine the register of Wanstead…
1735 HT: Dan Graves At midnight when I would see lightening in the sky or the Northern Lights, my soul would be ready to burst my body with joy, being in hopes Christ was coming to judgment.” So wrote Howel Harris, expressing the freshness of his delight in Christ after his conversion. March, 1735 marked…
1602 HT: www.christianity.com Imagine becoming the best Hebrew scholar in your nation without once speaking to a Jew. That is what John Lightfoot did. He may never even have seen a Jew, for they were barred from England until late in his life. John Lightfoot was born on this day, March 29, 1602 in an England which…
