From “The Clergy of America: Anecdotes,” p. 91-94, published 1869 A writer in the Christian Review of 1839 gives the following account of a scene he himself witnessed. Speaking of Dr. Griffin, he says: We remember him on one occasion, preaching before a large evening assembly. As he entered the sanctuary, […]
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Sundar Singh (1889-1929) was raised a member of the Sikh religion. Prior to his conversion, he attended a primary school run by the American Presbyterian Mission where the New Testament was read daily as a ‘textbook.’ He said, “I refused to read the Bible at the daily lessons… To some extent the
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This story went viral a while back, and though it is not true, it can challenge us to consider how welcoming we are of outsiders visiting our congregations. Pastor Jeremiah Steepek let his beard grow for a few days, dressed shabbily like a homeless person, and then went to the 10,000 member church
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One hundred years before Billy Graham’s world-wide evangelistic ministry, there was Dwight L. Moody. Moody was the best known evangelist of the late 1800’s, and like Billy Graham’s Just As I Am, Moody also had a favorite song that he would use as he ended his message and invited the crowds to come
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Pictured above: Scars of a whipped slave named Peter, photo taken at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. In his own words, “Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped, and he discharged the overseer.” The slave pictured here escaped from a plantation
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