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Where do you trace yourself back to? Your answer makes a Huge difference in defining who you are and what you are worth. It also defines the potential of your life. So, don’t just take this lightly. Where do You trace yourself back to?
Two Original Sources
People’s beliefs about where they come from fall into two [...]

This is the day that … Ira David Sankey was born in Pennsylvania, in 1840. His father was a prominent man, a state senator, banker and editor. He was under appointment by Abraham Lincoln to collect internal revenue.
Young David displayed a fondness for music and developed an excellent singing voice.
In his early years he [...]

This is the day that … Samuel H. Hadley was born in 1842, in Morgan County, Ohio, USA.
Sam Hadley was brought up in a log cabin. “In our log cabin,” he later wrote, “I could lie on my bed and see the stars through the cracks in the roof and feel the snow sifting down [...]

If you had a tap which could pour good things into your life, would you close the tap? No-one would do that! You’d be stupid to block a pipe that brought you good things. You’d be an idiot to turn off a tap that brought liquid gold into your hands.
But people do that very thing [...]

This is the day that … The Reverend Adam Clarke died in 1832.
Born 1760 or 1762, in the little village of Moybeg, county of Londonderry, this friend and fellow preacher with John Wesley is especially remembered for his massive Bible commentary, which is still in print.
In his childhood his mother taught him to have strong [...]

Do your friends build your faith or pull you down with doubts? Since you desperately need ‘faith’ in your life, in order to please God, you are wise to protect yourself from those who will pull it down.
Let me remind you that faith is the thing the Bible says will “please” God. If you want [...]

This is the day that … Michael Faraday died in 1867.
The third son of a Yorkshire blacksmith, young Faraday grew up to know the meaning of the word ‘poverty’. But the family attended the nearby chapel and was rich in things spiritual.
His interest in electricity motivated him to write to Sir Humphrey Davy, asking if [...]

Do you complain about the journey at times? Do things take too long or trap you in the slow lane? Does it seem much harder to make the progress you are hoping for? Then consider this prophetically inspired fictional allegory….
You are waiting on the platform for an express train to get you quickly to your [...]

This is the day that … John Owen died in 1683, at the age of 67.
He has been called “the Calvin of England” and “the theologian of the Puritan movement”.
James Packer writes, “In an age of giants, he overtopped them all” (Quest for Godliness, page 191).
His writings, “weighty with learning”, fill some 28 large volumes. [...]

“The heavens declare the glory of God” Psalm 19:1

One of the striking testimonies of who God is and how He does business with us has been on display since creation, yet it is often overlooked by heathen and Christian alike. The heavens declare the glory of God and who whole of creation is an exhibition [...]