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Pearl of Great Price
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Aug 30 The Rev Chambers, Everton & Liverpool
Today we travel to Yorkshire in the north of England where Ben Swift Chambers was born in 1845. He would become a Methodist minister and...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 21, 20213 min read
June 17 The Tolpuddle Martyrs
George Loveless, a ploughman, community leader and Methodist preacher returned from exile today in 1837, from what was then known as Van...
Pearl of Great Price
May 23, 20213 min read
May 24 John Wesley's Conversion
In Aldersgate, London, Anglican priest John Wesley had an experience in the middle of a spiritual crisis which lead to establishment of...
Pearl of Great Price
May 2, 20215 min read
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 14, 20215 min read
Apr 15 Mandela & Truth and Reconciliation
The achievement of nation building in South Africa has been a beacon and sign of hope for the international community. At a time when...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 9, 20217 min read
Apr 10 William Booths Salvation Army
Today we look at the remarkable story of William Booths life, how he emerged from a poor family - in the harsh landscape of a rabidly...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 27, 20213 min read
Mar 28 AshBarrell Jimmie and the US Salvation Army
Today in 1885 the Salvation Army was officially organized in the USA, a year later it was endorsed by President Grover Cleveland. We look...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 26, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
Mar 23 The Football League & William McGregor
Today in Andertons Hotel in Fleet Street, London, a meeting was held which led to the formation of the football league. Organised by a...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 2, 20211 min read
Mar 2 The Death of John Wesley
Today in 1791 we remember the death of John Wesley in London. An Anglican priest and theologian, he was described as the best-loved man...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Mar 1 Anglo Chinese Schools & Bishop
Today we and travel to Singapore and the 1886 and remember the founding of the first Anglo-Chinese school by Bishop William Fitzjames...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 27, 20212 min read
Feb 27 Keir Hardy, Methodism and the Labour Party
Its 1900, London. where the Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party met, to form a Labour Representative Committee. This...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 21, 20211 min read
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 20, 20211 min read
Feb 20 Frederick Douglass
The story of a slave, who learned to read and write by reading the Bible, and when he escaped became one of the greatest campaigners for...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Feb 17 Ash Wednesday
Today Christians all over the world mark the first day of Lent as Ash Wednesday. The ritual of 'ashing' the forehead replaces the normal...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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,...
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