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Oct 2, 20213 min read

Sep 26 Abraham Lincolns call for prayer and fasting

1861 and travel to Washington DC in North America where today President Abraham Lincoln recommended a day of public humiliation, prayer,...

Jul 12, 20214 min read

July 12 The Fall of Jerusalem and Destroying the Temple

Today we remember how in AD 70 the armies of the Roman Emperor Titus attacked the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege, starting...

Jun 21, 20213 min read

June 21 The Man who wanted to feed the world

Today in 1834 in Chicago, Cyrus McCormick, a Christian inventor died. He patented the world’s first workable agricultural reaper,...

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'. ...

Mar 13, 20213 min read

Mar 14 Dr Livingstone I Presume

On this day in Christian History we go back to year 1871 and travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa where today the...

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...

Feb 8, 20211 min read

Feb 8 Anti slavery Quaker Benjamin Lay

Todays marks the death of remarkable man, Benjamin Lay. I am not aware of any other 4ft hunchback who has changed the world in quite the...

Jan 31, 20213 min read

Jan 25 - São Paulo founded by missionaries

Today in 1554 a small group of Jesuit missionaries, built a mission on top of a steep hill on the Piratiningha plains . As part of the...

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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