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St Gregory The Wonder Worker, Bishop Of Neocaesarea.
On this day in the year 270 AD, St Gregory the wonder worker departed this life. He was the Bishop of New Caesarea (Roman one), where he was born to rich pagan parents. He studied philosophy at an early age, to the extent that he surpassed many of his colleagues. He then travelled to Beirut, […]
Gore Vidal And The Mind Of The Terrorist
Ramona Koval, presenter of Radio National’s Books and Writing program, spoke to one of America’s most eminent writers, Gore Vidal, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2001. His latest books are ‘The Golden Age’ published byLittle Brown and ‘The Last Empire’, essays from 1992 to 2000 published by Double Day. * This is an edited […]
Review: Geoffrey Blackburn, ‘Beyond Imagining’
The Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Blackburn (‘Geoff’ as we affectionately call him) has had a long, fortunate life. Among Australian Baptists, he would be among the four ‘most admired’ (alongside Principal G.H. Morling, F. W. Boreham, and Dr. Noel Vose). Geoff has just (self-) published his memoirs – ‘Beyond Imagining: 65 Years of Christian Ministry’ (from […]
Clement Of Rome, Bishop (23 Nov 100)
Clement is counted as the third bishop of Rome (after the apostles). His predecessors are Linus and Cletus (or Anacletus, or Anencletus), about whom almost nothing is known. They are simply names on a list. Clement is a little more than this, chiefly because he wrote a letter to the Corinthians, which was highly valued […]
C S Lewis, Scholar And Spiritual Writer (22 Nov 1963)
Clive Staples Lewis (“Jack” Lewis to his friends) was a tutor and lecturer at Oxford University, and later Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature at Cambridge University. In the judgement of many, he is the most popular and most effective explainer and defender of the Christian faith writing in English in this century. He […]
Grace In The Arts: F. W. Boreham
ESSAYIST EXTRAORDINAIRE JAMES TOWNSEND Bible Editor Cook Communications Elgin, IL I. Introduction The name of Boreham only rhymes with the word boredom. At that point the similarity ceases. The popular preacher Warren Wiersbe said: “It amazes me that my favorite biographical handbook, Who Was Who in Church History, mentions Caesar Borgia.but contains not one line […]
Was Abraham Lincoln A Christian?
by D. James Kennedy A.B., M.Div., M.Th., D.D., D.Sac.Lit., Ph.D., Litt.D., D.Sac.Theol., D.Humane Let. TEXT: “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1 The most perfect speech ever uttered by mortal man was delivered on the battlefield of Gettysburg. It has been learned by unnumbered millions […]
William Tyndale
WILLIAM TYNDALE, PRIEST, SCHOLAR, MARTYR (6 OCT 1536) THOMAS MORE, SCHOLAR, MARTYR (6 JULY 1535) JOHN FISHER, BISHOP, MARTYR (22 JUN 1535) William Tyndale was born about 1495 at Slymbridge near the Welsh border. He received his degrees from Magdalen College, Oxford, and also studied at Cambridge. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1521, […]
Teresa Of Avila, Reformer And Contemplative (15 Oct 1582)
Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada (later known as Teresa de Jesus) was born in Avila, Spain, 28 March 1515, one of ten children whose mother died when she was fifteen. Her family was of partly Jewish ancestry. Teresa, having read the letters of Jerome, decided to become a nun, and when she was 20, she […]
The Oxford Martyrs
HUGH LATIMER, BISHOP AND MARTYR (16 OCTOBER 1555) NICHOLAS RIDLEY, BISHOP AND MARTYR (16 OCTOBER 1555) THOMAS CRANMER, BISHOP AND MARTYR (21 MARCH 1556) When Henry the Eighth of England died, he left three heirs: his son Edward and his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Edward succeeded to the throne and was a staunch Protestant […]
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