Results for: "Christian Living"

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, Christian Living, History of Hymns, July Articles, Music

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...Read more... Read more...

Christian Living, Islam, Other Than Christianity

September 11, 2001 Muslim Attack on America Since the attack on America by followers of Islam on September 11, 2001, the threat of Islam to America has been denied by the naive and credulous. Frequently the subject of the Christian Crusades against Muslims who invaded Christian lands is offered by an uninformed media as an attempted foil against Christianity. Never does the media...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian History, Christian Living, Christian Witness

September 8, 1636 Harvard first convenes classes Only eighteen years after the Pilgrims landed in the New World, Harvard College, the first of the Ivy League schools, was established for the sake of educating the clergy and raising up a Christian academic institution to meet the needs of perpetuating the Christian faith. All of the Ivy League schools were established by Christians for...Read more... Read more...

Christian Living, Devotional Literature

1760—August 16, 1832 Life of Methodist scholar, Adam Clarke “I can’t do it!” What parent has not heard that? And, what child has not used it? When I was growing up, “I can’t do it” was often my defense when I felt inferior to the task or simply unwilling to try. Knowing how much more technical and advanced we are today than we were even a generation ago, I am sure that moms and dads...Read more... Read more...

Christian 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...Read more... Read more...

August Articles, Christian Calendar, Christian Living, Devotional Literature, Islam, Other Than Christianity

Every math teacher knows that 2 + 2 = 4. Just because students offer alternative answers to this mathematical truth does not change the mathematical truth. No matter how many students believe it should be something other than “4,” the truth cannot be changed. Just as there are truths in mathematics, there are also truths in other disciplines. Because someone offers...Read more... Read more...