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William Carey’s Text ( F W Boreham)
(from “ A Bunch Of Everlastings” by Frank W. Boreham Epworth Press 1940, first edition 1920, pages 147-156) THE westering sun, slanting through the tops of the taller trees, is beginning to throw long shadows across the green and gently undulating fields. The brindled cattle, lying at their ease and meditatively chewing the cud in […]
Dawn Rowan: Documents Relating To This Case
Mike Elliott Leader Australian Democrats Member of the Legislative Council Parliament Index 1999 Spring Session Index Browse by Subject About the SA Parliament Hansard on line CHRISTIES BEACH WOMEN’S SHELTER Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. M. J. Elliott: That this Council notes- I. The request by former workers of the Christies Beach Women’s Shelter […]
Pascal And The Poor
Blaise Pascal was an influential French scientist who lived in the 1600’s. He was something of a genius. For example, at the age of twelve, even before he had received any formal training in geomoetry, Pascal independently discovered and demonstrated Euclid’s thirty-two propositions. As an adult he completed important works on mathematics and experimental physics. […]
The Intimate [Thomas] Merton
Book Review/Essay: ‘The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals’, Edited by Patrick Hart and Jonathan Montaldo, Oxford: Lion, U.K. paperback edition, 2002 [448 pages, with index]. Australian distributor: Hodder Headline. ~~~ Let’s start with the index at the back: a very interesting place to start. There are more entries for Buddha than for Jesus […]
William Carey
William Carey, an impoverished English shoemaker, was an unlikely candidate for greatness. Yet, he has been appropriately designated as the “Father of Modern Missions.” More than any other individual in modern history, he stirred the imagination of the Christian world and showed by his own humble example what could and should be done to bring […]
George Willet – A Man After God’s Own Heart
Portrait of a Revival Preacher By Leonard Ravenhill When this presbytery was held, outside the memory of most of us, the church in Cumberland was troubled and in crisis. “The love of many [had waxed] cold.” Defections had occurred. Some of the masters in her Israel had withdrawn, carrying off weight and influence and leaving […]
Gordon And Mary Cosby. Interviewed By Jim Wallis
Mission: Possible The inward-outward journey of Mary and Gordon Cosby. An Interview. The ministries associated with Washington, D.C.’s Church of the Saviour are so numerous it’s hard to keep track of them. In its 50 years, Church of the Saviour has birthed nine faith communities and a myriad of accompanying missions, some of which we’ve […]
The Day I Prayed With George W. Bush To Receive Jesus! (Arthur Blessitt)
The Day I Prayed with George W. Bush to Receive Jesus! April 3, 1984 Midland, Texas To God be the Glory! From my diary (Arthur Blessitt) dated April 3, 1984. “A good and powerful day. Led Vice President Bush’s son to Jesus today. George Bush Jr.! This is great! Glory to God.” I was preaching […]
Cameron Townsend (Wycliffe Bt)
The Bibleless Peoples The world’s largest missionary force, Wycliffe Bible Translators, was started by a question posed in 1918 to missionery Cameron Townsend. Townsend had come to Guatemala to sell Spanish Bibles, which many of the nation’s tribal groups could not read. As Townsend tried to distribute his wares among the quarter-million Cakchiquel-speaking people, one […]
Phillip Adams
There are about three people I’m prepared to listen to on Australian radio, to the extent that I might plan my day to coincide with their programs. Here is one of them – with whom I disagree on many things. Rowland. ~~~ “I Am Proud That.” By Phillip Adams ao The suspicions and hostilities of […]
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