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The first people on the scene can often dictate what happens from then. Two cars have a small collision. If no-one arrives the drivers will sort the matter out between them. If a police car is first on the scene then the legal due process will dictate what happens. If a tow-truck is first on [...]

This is the day that … Horatius Bonar died in 1889.
He was born December 19, 1808 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Along with his brother Alexander, he witnessed revival meetings in 1839 under W.C. Burns. The brothers kept revival expectancy alive in the hearts of their hearers.
He is remembered as one of the greatest of Scottish hymn-writers, [...]

History accounts many instances when God’s Holy Spirit fell on people and changed their world forever. From the Day of Pentecost and Cornelius’ house in New Testament times to the Cane Ridge Revival, the home of Jonathan Edwards, the life of Wesley, the ministry of Sister Etter, the Welsh Revival, Azusa Street, George Mueller’s orphanage, [...]

This is the day that … William Penn died in 1718, at the age of 74.
His father was an Admiral in the British Navy, Admiral Sir William Penn, and so young William enjoyed “the favour of the king … he was admired at court, handsome in person, graceful in manners … expectant heir of a [...]

My Filipino Catholic friend Bobby shared an interesting insight last week – prompted to him by the World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. That occasion proved to be a significant meeting of Catholic and Protestant youth. He watched the broadcast of the Pope’s mass at Randwick Racecourse, where huge crowds gathered on Sunday July 20.
What [...]

This is the day that … Thomas Obadiah Chisholm was born, in a log cabin in Kentucky, USA, in 1866.
Largely self educated, young Tom found himself at age 16 as the schoolteacher in the same country schoolhouse he had attended. Then at the age of 21 he became associate editor of a weekly newspaper.
And it [...]

In previous discussions I raised the issue of who we look to as our source. I can’t get past how important this issue is so my mind has thrown up various illustrations to tease it out. What else should I do with something like that, but to Blog It! So now I can foist it [...]

This is the day that … Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750.
He was taught violin by his father, became a choirboy at St Michael’s Church, then organist … and so his musical career began to flourish.
He has been described as “the outstanding member of the greatest musical family the world has ever known” (A Gift [...]

Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “If”, brandishes Kipling’s own bold definition of manhood. The poem is a powerful and strident call upon the human soul. Men and women have been stirred by it’s uncompromising standard.
Through history many Britons were inspired by Kipling’s clarion call to unswerving manhood. It is suggested that the poem, written in the early [...]

This is the day that … Dr A.T. Pierson was almost drowned. It was on Vineyard Lake, 1877.
Arthur Tappan Pierson was born on 6 March, 1837, reared in a godly home, and converted during “special revival meetings in the Methodist church”.
At the age of 23 he was ordained in the Presbyterian ministry, and married Sarah [...]