Results for: "Christian Living"

American History, Congressional Spiritual Proclamations, October Articles, Prayer

This post is part 15 of the series:When Congress Asked America to Fast, Pray, and Give Thanks to GodOctober 11, 1782 Congress issues thanksgiving proclamation In 1776, America's Continental Congress began to issue two spiritual proclamations a year until near the end of the War of Independence. Since November 1777 when Henry Laurens was President, Congress had issued a fall thanksgiving proclamation calling the states to remember their spiritual "duty" to offer praise for the divine grace shown to the nation. The type of personal sacrifice that many of America's Founding Fathers endured at...Read more... Read more... -->

Christian Living, Devotional Literature

October 8-10, 1871 Great Chicago Fire God’s gifts of mercy are packaged in the “todays” of our lives. On Sunday night, October 8, 1871, the well-known evangelist, D. L. Moody, preached to the largest congregation that he had yet addressed in Chicago. His text that evening was, "What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?" (taken from Matthew chapter 27 verse 22.), and at the conclusion of his sermon he said, "I wish you would take this text home with you and turn it over in your minds during  the week, and next Sabbath we will come to Calvary and the Cross, and we will...Read more... Read more... -->

American History, Christian Calendar (Holidays), Christian History, Christian Living, October Articles

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American History, Christian Calendar (Holidays), History of Hymns, July Articles

September 13-14, 1814 Francis Scott Key pens National Anthem Where we live is not determined by what is around us, but by what is within us. The Psalmist re­flected upon God's goodness to his life and offered the Lord the praise that was due him. In verse seven, the Psalmist begins to recount the Lord's goodness to the Israelites through their deliverance from Egypt. In verse thirteen, he notes the fact that the Israelites "soon forgot what he had done." Their hearts of divine praise were soon displaced by hearts of self-pity and complaint. As a result, they turned from God and lived in pain...Read more... Read more... -->

Biography, Christian History, Christian Living, Denominations & Sects of the Church, Methodist churches

August 14, 1785 Death of John William Fletcher John William Fletcher is often referred to as the “First Theologian of Methodism.” He earned this popular title as a result of having vigorously defended John Wesley’s Arminianism against Calvinistic polemical rivals. In the early- and mid-1770s, Fletcher undertook the defense of Wesley against Calvinists who charged Wesley with Pelagianism or works righteousness. Fletcher insisted that Wesley affirmed the aphorism, “All salvation is of God in Christ through faith; all damnation is of self,” not the result of God or Satan. The following pages...Read more... Read more... -->