The church at Smyrna addressed by Jesus in Revelation 2 was located on a scenic bay at the base of Mt. Pagos in the southwest portion of what is currently Turkey. Smyrna was considered the loveliest city in the most...
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An Easter Thought
A Kingdom Not of This World
The following sermon was preached by Rev. S. Beach Jones, D. D., 1867. The header image shows the first edition King James Version text for the sermon, John 18:36. Barry Waugh It is scarcely necessary to remind you of...
New Testament Names and Designations for Jesus
“What’s in a name?” asks Juliet as she speaks to Romeo from the balcony in Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Whether a rose be called by another name, it would still have its sweet...
William T. Sprole, James K. Polk, and West Point
William Thomas was born March 16, 1809 to Rebecca (McConnell) and William Sprole in Baltimore, Maryland. His early education was directed by a local minister named John Gibson. When he was sixteen years old William...
B. B. Warfield, Poet?
For the centennial remembrance of the passing of B. B. Warfield today a different aspect of his varied interests will be considered. While Pershing was hunting Pancho Villa after his raid in New Mexico and numerous...
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Chief Scottish Man: Life & Ministry of Thomas Chalmers,
Sandy Finlayson
As Sandy Finlayson informs readers his description of Thomas Chalmers as “the chief Scottish man” is borrowed from a letter written by Thomas Carlyle to William Hanna thanking him for a copy of the last volume of his...
