The following is an excerpt from the book, Sketches of Our Mountain Pioneers, edited by J. W. West, containing a humorous account of an event in the life of Elder Jonathan P. Miller. ——— Laboring on a mountain farm when necessary, preaching regularly and evangelizing when not working crops, he spent fifty years traveling over […]
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The following is an excerpt from the book, Sketches of Our Mountain Pioneers, edited by J. W. West, containing some comments from B. A. Abbott (1866-1936) on the topic of preaching and preachers. ——— He was a great believer in preaching and in preachers. This quotation from an editorial on “Big Preachers” well expresses his
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The following is an excerpt from the book, Sketches of Our Mountain Pioneers, edited by J. W. West, describing an event in the life of J. W. Masters (1854-1924). ——— After Brother Masters had been away from home for a month, he returned and was informed that a “red hot” revival meeting was in progress,
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When J. W. McGarvey toured the Holy Lands, one of the places he visited was Damascus, which had a large population of Mohammedans (Muslims). The following are a couple of interesting observations he noted: Damascus still contains an intensely bigoted Mohammedan population. As we were stepping over the countless dogs that lay asleep in the
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The following is an excerpt from the book, Lands of the Bible by J. W. McGarvey, taken from one of the letters he wrote while traveling to the Holy Land. The quote below describes his visit to Mars Hill in Athens. As soon as I had eaten my breakfast I started out alone, determined to
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The change of the year is peculiarly a season for self-examination. Let us examine ourselves, therefore, our plans of life, our schemes of friendship. Let us examine the various relations which we sustain to God and to the church of God, to man and to those of man particularly who are of our own flesh
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The following is an excerpt from the book, Meditations in Bible Lands by D. A. Sommer. After visiting Joppa, the author reflected upon the example of Dorcas and what can be done by individual Christians without needing to depend upon man-made organizations. Christianity was early introduced into this place. It was here that Peter was
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James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the twentieth President of the United States, as well as a preacher of the gospel. In fact, he was the only minister to occupy the highest office in the land. He was a man of wisdom and character. Sadly, his life was cut short by an assassin. Below are some
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The following article was originally posted on Plain Bible Teaching. Watch the video of the lecture I presented at Cane Ridge on this topic. [Note: I was invited to speak at the Cane Ridge Meeting House on June 17, 2023, to discuss the Cane Ridge revival and how it compared with other modern-day revivals, such
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On Saturday, June 17, 2023, I had the opportunity to speak at the Cane Ridge Meeting House. The lecture was about how the Cane Ridge revival compared with the revival earlier this year at Asbury University. We also discussed what the Bible teaches about how we can have “revival” today.
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