We Can Count Our Blessings
“We can count our blessings…” Continue reading We Can Count Our Blessings
Tag: #Abraham Lincoln
A Dissenter’s Bishop
Christopher Newman Hall was born at Maidstone on 22 May 1816. Little is known about his childhood. His father was John Vine Hall, proprietor and printer of the Maidstone Journal, and the author of a popular evangelical work called The Sinner’s Friend. Christopher’s first university … Continue reading A Dissenter’s Bishop
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
In 1880 he published Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a novel set during the time of Jesus Christ in the Roman Empire… Continue reading Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
How One Sermon Killed Another
At age 18, while studying in a city near his home, Aeneas Sylvius de’ Piccolomini heard a friar preaching. He was impressed and entered church life, but without giving up his vices. Aeneas worked his way up the religious ladder, … Continue reading How One Sermon Killed Another
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