Parting Blessings for Moravians
To preach to slaves was absurd. Fever would kill the missionaries. Continue reading Parting Blessings for Moravians
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Christ’s Withered Garden
Samuel Rutherford was born in Scotland in 1600. He lived a careless life as a youth, but after graduating from the university in Edinburgh, he became serious about following Christ. He studied theology and was licensed to preach. The Scottish … Continue reading Christ’s Withered Garden
Bread and Book
He hated school but possessed an insatiable curiosity about herbalists, fortune-tellers, snakes, and dwarfs. Continue reading Bread and Book
No Vacancy
They decided to call themselves after the Old Testament character Gideon who was “willing to do whatever God asked.” Continue reading No Vacancy
James Stephen and Battle to Abolish Slavery
Wilberforce wrote, “Stephen is an improved and improving character, one of those whom religion has transformed and in whom it has triumphed by conquering some natural infirmities.” Continue reading James Stephen and Battle to Abolish Slavery
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