Passing the Flame
Knox was soon imprisoned on a galley ship… Continue reading Passing the Flame
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Backus’s Crusade
From the beginning of his ministry, Backus fought doggedly for separation of church and state in the American colonies. Continue reading Backus’s Crusade
Bartholomew’s Day
When 10-year-old Charles IX became king of France in 1560, his mother, Catherine de Medici, seized power as queen regent then tried to stabilize her religiously divided country. She tilted first toward Protestants then toward Catholics. Skirmishes broke out; and … Continue reading Bartholomew’s Day
Bond of Blood
Donald Cargill was a Scottish Presbyterian when such were outlawed. One listener said his sermons “came from his heart and went to the heart. He spake as never man spake, and his words went through us.” People often complained his … Continue reading Bond of Blood
Wilberforce
Never, never will we desist till we have wiped away this scandal from the Christian name, released ourselves from the load of guilt, and extinguished every trace of this bloody traffic. Continue reading Wilberforce
Arise, It Is Day!
Protestantism came of age amid the perils and persecutions of sixteenth-century England partly because of a brave man who was neither preacher nor politician—printer John Day. He was born during the reign of Henry VIII and entered his profession at … Continue reading Arise, It Is Day!
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