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Pearl of Great Price
Jul 10, 20213 min read
July 11 Eric Liddell the Flying Scotsman
Today we remember how the Scottish Missionary Eric Liddell won the Olympic 400-meter race in Paris after he had rejected an opportunity...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 23, 20215 min read
June 24 The last 'crusade' of Billy Graham
It was in Flushing Meadows in New York where the American evangelist Billy Graham today began what he said would be his last North...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 21, 20214 min read
June 20 Fr George Lemaitre and the Big Bang
The pioneering priest and physicist George Lemaitre died today. He is famous for proposing the "Big Bang theory" of the origin of the...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 14, 20213 min read
June 15 Archbishop Stephen Langton and Magna Carta
The energetic leadership and conciliatory skills of Archbishop Stephen Langton forced King John to grant his seal to Magna Carta at...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 9, 20216 min read
June 10 Von Harnack, Theology of Culture and the Jesus of History
Today we remember the death of Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack , an influential German theologian and historian; who had a huge impact on...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 7, 20214 min read
June 8 Gustavo Gutierrez and Liberation Theology
Gustavo Gutierrez, the Peruvian Dominican priest is seen by many as the father of Latin American Liberation Theology. We look at his...
Pearl of Great Price
May 31, 20214 min read
June 1 The Dead Sea Scrolls
A Bedouin shepherd throwing a stone into a cave on the shore of the Dead Sea was puzzled by the cracking sound within. Investigating he...
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 22, 20213 min read
May 23 The Baptist Slave rebellion in Jamaica
Samuel Sharpe was hanged today in Jamaica for his role in organising as slave uprising referred to by historians as 'The Baptist War'. ...
Pearl of Great Price
May 19, 20213 min read
May 20 I believe ...... The Council of Nicea
Today we remember the first Ecumenical Council of the Church. It is now famous for its Christian statement of belief that is widely used...
Pearl of Great Price
May 18, 20213 min read
May 19 Alcuin of York, innovator of the Capital Letter
Alcuin was one of the greatest minds of the Eight Century. Spearheading the educational reform of the Court of Charlemagne, he advanced...
Pearl of Great Price
May 15, 20215 min read
May 16 Did Brendan discover N. America 1000 years before Columbus?
A book known as Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis (Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot) full of exploration, religious symbolism, and...
Pearl of Great Price
May 4, 20213 min read
May 5 Teaching Evolution and the Scopes Trial
Today we look at infamous Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee in 1925 and the attempt to overthrow the Butler Act which prohibited teaching...
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 27, 20213 min read
Apr 28 After the Mutiny on the Bounty
The story of the Mutiny is famous and well known but how did it end? Today we look at the story of the surviving mutineer George Adams...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 27, 20213 min read
Apr 27 Milton's Paradise Lost
Today the Puritan poet John Milton sold for ten pounds the copyright of his epic poem Paradise Lost. This lament, written after Cromwell...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Apr 13 The Pope and the Synagogue
The Jewish people suffered waves of persecution in Rome over the years and a proverb emerged amongst the people ‘The persecution will...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 6, 20214 min read
Apr 6 Salt Lake Temple
Today we go back to 1893 and travel to Utah in North America and remember the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple . What is the theology...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 1, 20214 min read
Apr 2 Good Friday - the True Cross and the Shroud
Today we look at the foundational event for Christianity which is remembered all over the world. We also look at some of the fascinating...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Apr 1 - The Last Supper
Today we remember the foundation Christian meal of the Last Supper. Looking at Colin Humphrey's research we can historically date it to...
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