It was on this day May 25, 1830, in Philadelphia. Just six years earlier, the American Sunday School Union had adopted its name and constitution on the same day. Now the members were pledging themselves to take on an enormous task. The … Continue reading American Sunday School Union’s Huge Challenge
Medieval Christianity, growing up amid superstitious people without widespread access to Scripture, began worshiping its heroes, the saints of earlier days. God seemed unapproachable. The Almighty Father was feared. The Holy Spirit was neglected. Jesus seemed less threatening, but he, … Continue reading The Dragon Slayer
Legends have occasionally crept… Continue reading “Your Valentine”
In his last public appearance, Methodist layman John Mott said, “While life lasts, I am an evangelist.” The man who did as much as anyone to evangelize the world and unite divided denominations, died on this day, January 31, 1955, in Orlando, Florida. He … Continue reading John Mott, The Protestant’s Leading Statesman
His prayers were honest, down-to-earth, and plain-spoken… Continue reading The Peculiar Preacher
Along the edge of western Africa sits Liberia, black Africa’s first independent state. It was established in the early 1800s through the efforts of the American Colonization Society, an organization devoted to repatriating American ex-slaves in colonies along the African … Continue reading Let a Thousand Fall
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