The idea of Father’s Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a… Continue reading Father’s Day History
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Worlds Oldest Bible Now Available Online
The surviving pages of the world’s oldest Christian Bible have been reunited online. The early work, known as the Codex Sinaiticus (“the book from Sinai”), has been housed in four separate locations around the world for more than 150 years. As of last week, it is now available for anyone to peruse at the Web… Continue reading Worlds Oldest Bible Now Available Online
Quoted: Leonard Ravenhill on Great Revival
I read of the revivals of the past, great sweeping revivals where thousands of men were swept into the Kingdom of God. I read about Charles G. Finney winning his thousands and his hundreds of thousands of souls to Christ. Then I picked up a book and read the messages of Charles G. Finney and… Continue reading Quoted: Leonard Ravenhill on Great Revival
Pastor Who Helped Get “Under God” in Pledge Dies
Rev. George M. Docherty, whose sermon before President Dwight Eisenhower helped push Congress to insert the words “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died. He was 97. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Docherty moved to the United States in 1950 to become pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. He… Continue reading Pastor Who Helped Get “Under God” in Pledge Dies
The Tradition of the Thanksgiving Holiday
The tradition — introduced by European Americans of Thanksgiving as a time to focus on God and His blessings — dates back over four centuries. But it is primarily from the pilgrims’ Thanksgiving celebration of 1621 that we derive the tradition of Thanksgiving Day. The pilgrims set sail for America on Sept. 6, 1620, and,… Continue reading The Tradition of the Thanksgiving Holiday
Cyril of Alexandria Describing God
Cyril of Alexandria, Egypt, AD 444 wrote: “For He is the Lord of all powers, fulfilling by His will what exceedingly surpasseth nature, and effecting at once what seemeth Him good. The mystery of the Incarnation passeth all marvel and discourse, and no less the benefits redounding to us. For how is it not next… Continue reading Cyril of Alexandria Describing God