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This Day in HIS-story: November 25

1742 HT: Today in Christian History David Brainerd, age 24, was approved as a missionary to the Native peoples of New England by the Scottish Society for the Propagating of Christian Knowledge (SPCK). From 1743 to 1746, despite fragile health, he ministered among the Delaware (Lenape), with the most notable revival occurring at Crossweeksung, New…

This Day in HIS-story: July 17

180  HT: Dan Graves Vigellius Saturninus, the proconsul (Roman administrator) of North Africa in 180 A.D., spoke generously. “You can have the forgiveness of our Lord the Emperor if only you return to your senses,” he said. Speratus, one of twelve Christians who faced him, replied for the rest. “We have never done evil; we…