Pearl of Great PriceOct 2, 20213 minSep 26 Abraham Lincolns call for prayer and fasting1861 and travel to Washington DC in North America where today President Abraham Lincoln recommended a day of public humiliation, prayer,...
Pearl of Great PriceJul 4, 20213 minJuly 5 Thomas Cook transforms temperance into tourismToday we travel to Leicester in England where Thomas Cook organised his first rail excursion for a day out to Loughborough. 500 people...
Pearl of Great PriceJun 23, 20215 minJune 24 The last 'crusade' of Billy GrahamIt was in Flushing Meadows in New York where the American evangelist Billy Graham today began what he said would be his last North...
Pearl of Great PriceMay 27, 20213 minMay 28 William Cogate and Tithing Today we go back to year 1795 and travel to Baltimore where, a young William Colgate arrived in the US and settled in Harford County,...
Pearl of Great PriceMay 25, 20214 minMay 26 Barnardo'sToday in Dublin in 1826, a teenager with a big heart an a desire to do something important called Thomas Bernardo experienced an...
Pearl of Great PriceMay 22, 20213 minMay 23 The Baptist Slave rebellion in JamaicaSamuel Sharpe was hanged today in Jamaica for his role in organising as slave uprising referred to by historians as 'The Baptist War'. ...
Pearl of Great PriceMay 2, 20215 minMay 3 The Mark of the Beast and Seventh Day AdventistsThe Book of Revelation and its prophesies about the end times has been a favourite theme for conspiracy theorists. Particularly the Sign...
Pearl of Great PriceApr 3, 20213 minApr 4 Easter Sunday Today in the West, Christians celebrate Easter, the touchstone of the Christian Faith. In todays reflection we look at the boldness of...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 26, 20213 minMar 26 The mixed legacy of Ravi ZachariasToday in 1946 in Madras, India controversial Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias was born. He inspired a generation of apologists and...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 22, 20213 minMar 22 - The Great Awakening & Jonathan EdwardsToday we remember the revivalist preacher Jonathan Edwards who died today in 1758. His legacy is significant and the ripples from his...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 18, 20213 minMar 19 The Worlds Bloodiest Civil War - TaipingToday we remember how in 1860 the Taiping rebels succeeded in taking the city of Hangzhou in China, in what would become the bloodiest...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 17, 20213 minMar 18 Charles Spurgeon 'Prince amongst preachers'Today in 1861 the famous Baptist preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon moved his growing congregation to the Metropolitan Tabernacle in...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 10, 20213 minMar 11 William Carey's fire in SeramporeOn this day in Christian History we go back to year 1812 and travel to West Bengal in India. Today a fire broke out in missionary...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 9, 20214 minMar 10 Confessing to shooting Martin Luther KingToday in 1969, James A Ray confessed to the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King. He had been arrested two months after...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 4, 20212 minMar 5 Roger Williams and American BaptistsToday in 1631 on Rhode Island the first Baptist church in America was established by Roger Williams, a Puritan minister born in London. ...
Pearl of Great PriceFeb 25, 20211 minFeb 26 Charles Sheldon and What Would Jesus Do?The What Would Jesus Do movement has been an effective tool in youth work, and recently commercialised and also widely lampooned as a...
Pearl of Great PriceFeb 21, 20211 minFeb 21 - World Council of ChurchesToday we go back to year 1991 and travel to Canberra in Australia, and the closing of the 7th assembly of the World Council of Churches. ...
Pearl of Great PriceFeb 15, 20211 minFeb 16 - Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Tuesday Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...
Pearl of Great PriceJan 21, 20212 minJan 1 - Amazing GraceOn Jan 1 1773, the Anglican priest and former slave trader, John Newton, was delivering his new year sermon in the town of Olney,...