Sep 26 Abraham Lincolns call for prayer and fasting
1861 and travel to Washington DC in North America where today President Abraham Lincoln recommended a day of public humiliation, prayer,...
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Pearl of Great Price
- Jul 4, 2021
- 3 min
July 5 Thomas Cook transforms temperance into tourism
Today 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 Price
- Jun 23, 2021
- 5 min
June 24 The last 'crusade' of Billy Graham
It 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 Price
- May 27, 2021
- 3 min
May 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 Price
- May 25, 2021
- 4 min
May 26 Barnardo's
Today 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 Price
- May 22, 2021
- 3 min
May 23 The Baptist Slave rebellion in Jamaica
Samuel 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 Price
- May 2, 2021
- 5 min
May 3 The Mark of the Beast and Seventh Day Adventists
The Book of Revelation and its prophesies about the end times has been a favourite theme for conspiracy theorists. Particularly the Sign...
Pearl of Great Price
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Apr 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 Price
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Mar 26 The mixed legacy of Ravi Zacharias
Today in 1946 in Madras, India controversial Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias was born. He inspired a generation of apologists and...
Pearl of Great Price
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Mar 22 - The Great Awakening & Jonathan Edwards
Today we remember the revivalist preacher Jonathan Edwards who died today in 1758. His legacy is significant and the ripples from his...
Pearl of Great Price
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Mar 19 The Worlds Bloodiest Civil War - Taiping
Today 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 Price
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
Mar 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 Price
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
Mar 11 William Carey's fire in Serampore
On 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 Price
- Mar 9, 2021
- 4 min
Mar 10 Confessing to shooting Martin Luther King
Today 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 Price
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Mar 5 Roger Williams and American Baptists
Today 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 Price
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
Feb 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 Price
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Feb 21 - World Council of Churches
Today 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 Price
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Feb 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 Price
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Jan 1 - Amazing Grace
On Jan 1 1773, the Anglican priest and former slave trader, John Newton, was delivering his new year sermon in the town of Olney,...