by Peter James | Apr 30, 2023 | Favorite, Suzanna Wesley
Suzanna and Samuel were married forty-six years. They didn’t have an easy time of it. They possessed strong personalities and definite opinions. Case in point: politics. Suzanna supported King James II while Samuel preferred his successor, King William. One day...
by Peter James | Apr 29, 2023 | John Chrysostom
There are 138,162 words in the Greek New Testament (Greek was the original language of the New Testament). Get this! John of Antioch (347-407) (later named Chrysostom) went into seclusion in the desert for two years to memorize the entire New Testament. That’s...
by Peter James | Apr 28, 2023 | Isaac Watts
Isaac and his father left church Sunday morning in 1690. Isaac, a teenager at the time, complained to his dad that the hymn singing was dreadfully boring and old fashioned. “Well then, young man,” his father said, “why don’t you give us...
by Peter James | Apr 27, 2023 | David Brainerd
On the campus of Yale Divinity School is a building called Brainerd Hall. It may be the only building on a college or seminary campus named for an expelled student. David Brainerd (1718-1749) was a third-year student preparing for the Christian ministry. Several...
by Peter James | Apr 26, 2023 | George Washington
The summer of 1783 marked the end of the Revolutionary War. America had won its War for Independence and the peace treaty with England was soon to be signed. There was considerable uncertainty about the future of this newly formed nation, as states were hesitant to...
