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Archive | Historical Glimpses

Read about our perspectives on world events in His story. This could include quotes, hymn histories, current events, and any type of historical documentation.

The Story of the Stars

“The heavens declare the glory of God”! But how? Well, a study of the twelve constellations won’t foretell your fortune but it will fan the flames of your faith. The names of the stars in Egyptian, Arabic and Syriac, as well as Hebrew give clues to what the original meaning of those “signs” were. Cancer, […]

Stripes of Red

Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 (Wikipedia image)

Of the 56 signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence: 11 had their homes destroyed 5 were hunted and captured Abraham Clark had two sons imprisoned on the British starving ship Jersey John Witherspoon’s son was killed in battle Francis Lewis’ wife was imprisoned and died from the harsh treatment Many, such as Thomas Nelson […]

Perspective from Sir Isaac Newton

Your life, for you, is the “greatest drama of all time” for sure, as well as your greatest opportunity, but did you ever think that all of life, history and science is also one created entity, and therefore, under it’s Creator, the one “greatest riddle of all time”? I’ve reached as far as chapter one […]

Vote – responsibly

James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States and a minister of the Gospel during the Second Great Awakening, wisely stated in 1876: “Now, more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, […]

Dare to Say

“To know how to say what other people only think,is what makes men poets and sages;and to dare to say what others only dare to think,makes men martyrs or reformers.”–Elizabeth Rundle Charles in Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family, XIV,(a biography on the life of Martin Luther).

An Interest in Israel, Part II

It’s clear that world history never really deviates from it’s focus on the Middle East. “East”, as opposed to “the West”, refers to the Old World: Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. China, Japan and the other countries of eastern Asia can be called the Orient or the Far East because they are the furthest east. […]