Martyn Lloyd-Jones was born in Cardiff on 20 December 1899 and raised in Llangeitho, Cardiganshire. His father was a grocer, and he had two brothers: Harold died during the 1918 flu pandemic, while Vincent went on to become a High Court judge. Llangeitho is associated with the Welsh Methodist revival, … Continue reading David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Latimer assured Buckenham that the English were smart enough to understand metaphors. Continue reading Cards and Dice
Solomonia Yurievna Saburova was born in 1490 to Yury Konstantinovich Saburov. Descended from the boyar family of the Saburovs, her mother died when she was very young, so she was raised by her aunt Maria, the wife of Prince Vasily Semyonovich Starodubsky. … Continue reading Barren to Man, Yet Fruitful to God
Elisabeth ten Boom was born on 19 August 1885. The daughter of Casper ten Boom, she is one of the leading characters in The Hiding Place, a book written by her sister Corrie ten Boom about the family′s experiences during World War II. Nicknamed Betsie, she … Continue reading No Matter What The Circumstances
The area around Wheaton, Illinois… Continue reading A Good Monument
Peter of Morone craved a hermit’s life. His asceticism appealed to certain others, and in 1254 he founded an order known as the Hermits of St. Damian. He lived as a recluse in a mountain cave until his eighties. Meanwhile, … Continue reading The Hermit-Pope
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