The son of a minister, Henry Venn became an evangelical after his marriage in 1750. Curate at Clapham from 1754, then vicar of Huddersfield from 1769, he moved to Yelling in Huntingdon, close enough to Cambridge to encourage young men such as Charles Simeon. Upon his arrival in Yelling, Venn began to seek out others who […]
Beware, Young Novice—Henry Venn (1725 – 1797) Read Post »
A Christian worldview course taught by author and speaker John Stonestreet marks the beginning of a partnership between BibleMesh and the International Alliance for Christian Education (IACE). BibleMesh has “a lot of expertise in the digital world,” IACE President David Dockery said. “We’re borrowing that expertise, and they willingly share it with us because they
Christian Worldview Course Launches BibleMesh-IACE Partnership Read Post »
Do you have to check your brain at the door to be a Christian? Or, do you have to abandon faith altogether if you want to seem intelligent? Most of us have asked such questions at some point in our lives, and we’ve wrestled with lingering questions about the intersection of faith and intellect. We
This Easter, Bring Your Brain with You Read Post »
The meeting of the American Medical Association in the year 1865 seemed not only to be fractured by the Civil War, but also by the research of a fellow doctor who dared to stand forth and condemn a practice rapidly growing in the United States. Not only was the practice of abortion secretly expanding, legal
Early Conscience of the AMA—Horatio Robinson Storer (1830 – 1922) Read Post »
Interested in learning Biblical Greek? BibleMesh Biblical Languages will guide you to become a confident reader of the biblical text—and it begins with taking your first steps. Find out more and get our Greek First Steps course for free. Apart from on a few occasions where Jesus’s words are given in Aramaic (for example Mark
Did Jesus Speak Greek? Read Post »
One has sinned, Another has made satisfaction. The sinner does not make satisfaction; the Satisfier does not sin. This is an astounding doctrine. Lectures on Isaiah Chapters 40-66 in Luther’s Works, vol. 17 (St. Louis, Concordia Publishing House, 1972), 99. There is much to be said both for and against Luther (1483-1546), but he speaks to us
A Fragment of Sublime Simplicity from Luther Read Post »
