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« Reply #285 on: October 14, 2009, 07:05:48 AM » |
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Oct. 14, 1983
The National Council of Churches issued "The Inclusive Language Lectionary -- " Scripture readings translated to omit or blur gender references. God was thus called "Father and Mother" or "the One"; and "man" was replaced by "humanity" or "humankind." The translation proved shortlived.
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« Reply #286 on: October 15, 2009, 07:55:45 AM » |
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Oct. 15, 1784
Birth of Thomas Hastings, American sacred composer. Hastings was an albino afflicted with extreme nearsightedness, yet from his pen came such enduring hymn tunes as TOPLADY ("Rock of Ages") and ORTONVILLE ("Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned").
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« Reply #287 on: October 16, 2009, 07:57:33 AM » |
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Oct. 16, 1649
The American colony of Maine passed legislation granting religious freedom to all its citizens, on condition that those of contrary religious persuasions behave acceptably.
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« Reply #288 on: October 17, 2009, 07:12:53 AM » |
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Oct. 17, 1812
In Washington Co., PA, the first of seven eventual conferences convened, leading ultimately to the founding in 1836 of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States.
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« Reply #289 on: October 18, 2009, 06:20:52 AM » |
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Oct. 18, 1662
Birth of Matthew Henry, English Presbyterian pastor. He is remembered for his "Exposition of the Old and New Testaments" (1708-10) -- still in print! -- whose value lies in its devotional and practical comments on the books of the Bible.
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« Reply #290 on: October 19, 2009, 07:50:08 AM » |
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Oct. 19, 1921
Birth of Bill Bright, American youth evangelist. Bill and his wife Vonette founded Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951, incorporating this evangelical Christian student organization in California in 1953.
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« Reply #291 on: October 20, 2009, 06:55:36 AM » |
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Oct. 20, 1828
Birth of American lawyer Horatio Gates Spafford. In 1873, upon learning of the drowning of his four daughters following a ship collision in the Atlantic, Spafford penned the lines to the hymn, "It is Well With My Soul."
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« Reply #292 on: October 21, 2009, 07:14:37 AM » |
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Oct. 21, 1808
Birth of American Baptist clergyman Samuel Francis Smith. Credited with writing over 100 hymns, Smith is best remembered as the author of "America" ("My Country, 'Tis of Thee"), written at age 23, while a student at Andover Seminary.
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« Reply #293 on: October 22, 2009, 07:04:01 AM » |
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Oct. 22, 1844
The "Great Disappointment" began when this latest date, set for the return of Christ by religious leader William Miller, passed without event. Over 100,000 disillusioned followers returned to their former churches, or abandoned the Christian faith altogether.
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« Reply #294 on: October 23, 2009, 06:43:21 AM » |
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Oct. 23, 1385
In Germany, the University of Heidelberg was founded under Pope Urban VI as a college of the Cistercian order. (Among its faculties today are theology, law, medicine and philosophy.)
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« Reply #295 on: October 24, 2009, 07:37:59 AM » |
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Oct. 24, 1956
In Syracuse, New York, Margaret Ellen Towner became the first woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church.
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« Reply #296 on: October 25, 2009, 07:40:09 AM » |
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Oct. 25, 1941
The first Youth For Christ rally was held at Bryant's Alliance Tabernacle in New York City. An international evangelical youth organization, YFC has no single founder, but rather emerged out of weekly rallies held for the youth of New York City during the 1930s.
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« Reply #297 on: October 26, 2009, 07:17:11 AM » |
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Oct. 26, 1948
The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America was organized at Des Moines, Iowa. The association is comprised of 24 Pentecostal groups and meets annually to promote unity among Pentecostal Christians.
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« Reply #298 on: October 27, 2009, 06:40:40 AM » |
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Oct. 27, 1771
Landing at Philadelphia, pioneer bishop Francis Asbury, 26, first arrived in America. He had been sent from England by John Wesley to oversee Methodism in the American colonies, and stayed all of his remaining 45 years, till his death in 1816.
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« Reply #299 on: October 28, 2009, 06:55:53 AM » |
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Oct. 28, 1646
At Nonantum, Mass., colonial missionary John Eliot ("Apostle to the New England Indians"), 42, conducted the first Protestant worship service for the Indians of North America. He also delivered the first sermon preached to the Indians in their native tongue.
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