Results for: "Christian Living"

Christian History, Christian Living

May 20–June 19, 325 First Ecumenical Council (Nicea) Some Christians refuse to accept any summary statements of the Christian faith, professing to use only Scripture as their statement of faith. Initially, this position may possess greater appeal for the faithful Bible-believing Christian, but a question soon arises: “Whose interpretation of Scripture should I follow?” Before long it...Read more... Read more...

April Articles, Christian Biography, Christian Calendar, Christian Living, History of Hymns, Music

April 16, 2013 George Beverly Shea Passes Away Though known to millions, George Beverly Shea (February 1, 1909 – April 16, 2013) never forgot, nor was ashamed of his humble Christian upbringing. Years ago, our family began to observe the practice of reading a history of a hymn for family devotions. It was our custom to select a hymn story on Saturday evening, in part to prepare our...Read more... Read more...

April, Christian Calendar, Christian Living, March, Schedule Post

Within Christianity, Holy Week commemorates the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. Among English-speaking communions, the expression Passion Week is also used to describe the same period of time—the Sunday before Christ’s Crucifixion to His Resurrection. One of the earliest designations for this week in the Early Church was the “Great Week,” and during the medieval...Read more... Read more...

Christian Biography, Christian Living, Devotional Literature

In the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. there resides a full-body statue of General Lew Wallace, Civil War hero and author of the literary classic, Ben Hur. The story behind the composition of this time-honored classic is one worthy of being rehearsed on a regular basis, and no season of the year is more fitting for its telling than the Easter...Read more... Read more...

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

March 31, 1816 Death of Francis Asbury Francis Asbury (August 20, 1745 – March 31, 1816) is remembered most for the leadership he provided to early American Methodism. Asbury must not be associated with the theologians of Methodism. Like Jabez Bunting among the British Wesleyan Methodists, Asbury was a great churchman within the American Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of...Read more... Read more...

Anglican Churches, Christian History, Christian Living, Denominations & Sects of the Church, History of Hymns, Music

March 19, 1711 Bishop Thomas Ken passes away Each time the Doxology is sung, Christians should deeply sense the reverence and gratitude its words evoke for a holy God, but they should also hear its accompanying invitation to fidelity to the Word and will of God. In contemporary America, the clergy are less ready to stand against social, moral, and political decadence than were previous...Read more... Read more...