Wednesday, 31 December 2014

75 years ago: Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King calls World War II a "crusade" to "save our Christian civilization"

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Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psalms 33:12 The following arti...
Monday, 29 December 2014

70 years ago: The death of Aimee Semple McPherson

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A backlog item that I should have posted three months ago: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring for...
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85 years ago: The founding of the First Humanist Society of New York

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Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,... ...And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them ov...
Saturday, 27 December 2014

300 years ago: The birth of George Whitefield

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On December 27, 1714, George Whitefield was born in Gloucester, England. Mr. Whitefield was an Anglican who became one of the founders of ...
Thursday, 25 December 2014

70 years ago: Pope Pius XII supports international peacekeeping organization

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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, ...
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Tuesday, 23 December 2014

50 years ago: Mainline churches announce a joint "Christian" Pavilion for Expo '67

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Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their he...
Friday, 5 December 2014

90 years ago: Palace of first king of Babylon unearthed

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As reported in the Toronto Daily Star , November 27, 1924, p. 9: HAVE UNEARTHED PALACE OF BABYLON'S FIRST KING Special to the Star ...
Saturday, 15 November 2014

Former Campus Crusade for Christ benefactor Nelson Bunker Hunt dies at 88

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Nelson Bunker "Bunky" Hunt , who famously said, "A billion dollars isn't what it used to be," died on October 21, 20...
Wednesday, 12 November 2014

10 years ago: Good riddance to Yasser Arafat

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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Jeremiah 13:23 Sa...
Saturday, 8 November 2014

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reassures Jordan's King Abdullah about Temple Mount

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Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and aga...
Sunday, 26 October 2014

20 years ago: Israel and Jordan sign peace treaty

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On October 26, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali signed a peace treaty in a desert...

Israeli archaeologists discover stone inscribed to Roman Emperor Hadrian, providing evidence of events leading to Bar Kokhba revolt in 2nd century

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Photograph of the inscription against the background of the Rockefeller Museum, seat of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Photographic cr...

Israel Antiquities Authority and Rockefeller Archaeological Museum collections are now available online

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As reported by Israel Antiquities Authority , September 2014 (link in original): In its continued efforts to share and make accessible to...
Sunday, 14 September 2014

Ian Paisley goes to be with the Lord

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Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalms 116:15 Rev. Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland's most prominent Prot...
Saturday, 6 September 2014

Beware of falling church gargoyles

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Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1 Everyday life is fraught with danger, as r...
Thursday, 28 August 2014

50 years ago: Canadian religious leaders weigh in on topless bathing suits

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In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pea...

50 years ago: A Jewish scholar accuses the United Church of Canada of being out of date

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Just as the United Church of Canada was boasting about putting Christianity "squarely in the context of the twentieth century" wit...
Friday, 1 August 2014

50 years ago: United Church of Canada unveils Sunday School curriculum denying the truth of the Bible

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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. Matthew 24:4 For I know this, that after my departing shall gr...