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Hymn History: Bringing in the Sheaves Author: Knowles Shaw “His nickname was ‘The Singing Evangelist.’” (Graham McKay) The Origin of the Hymn “Bringing in the Sheaves” Few hymns capture the spirit of Christian labor and joyful harvest quite like “Bringing in the Sheaves.” Its simple, earnest call to sow in faith and reap in joy has encouraged countless believers Read more...
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Lottie Moon’s Birthplace stands as an important historical site connected to the life and legacy of Lottie Moon, one of the most influential missionaries in Southern Baptist history. Located in rural Albemarle County near Scottsville, the property preserves the early environment that helped shape Moon’s character, convictions, and lifelong commitment to Christian service. Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon was born on Read more...
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The colony was in danger. As Robert Morgan said in 100 Bible Verses that Made America, After Hunt’s death, Jamestown again deteriorated into chaos, splintered by weak leadership and laziness. Many settlers refused manual labor. They had come to dig for gold, but had no intention of digging for crops. Captain John Smith responded: Countrymen, the long experience of our Read more...
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Who is John Harvard? “After God had carried us safely to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God’s worship, and settled the city government; one of the next things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Read more...
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New England’s First Fruits is one of the earliest printed documents in colonial American history, offering a rare and valuable glimpse into the spiritual and educational priorities of early New England settlers. Published in 1643 in London, this modest pamphlet was primarily intended to inform supporters in England about the progress of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, particularly in the areas Read more...
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John Eliot stands as one of the most notable early figures in American missionary history, particularly for his efforts in educating Native American youth in the 17th century. Often called the “Apostle to the Indians,” Eliot combined religious conviction with a practical commitment to literacy and learning, believing that education was essential to both spiritual and societal transformation. Arriving in Read more...
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The mission of the Jonathan Edwards Center is to support inquiry into the life, writings, and legacy of Jonathan Edwards by providing resources that encourage critical appraisal of the historical importance and contemporary relevance of America’s premier theologian. The primary way that we do this is with the Works of Jonathan Edwards Online, a digital learning environment for research, education and Read more...
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First American theologian and philosopher. Born in 1703, son of Timothy Edwards. He graduated from Yale at age 17, was pastor in Bolton, tutor at Yale, missionary at Stockbridge, and in 1758 became pres. of Princeton University where he died. His grandson, Aaron Burr, became 3rd vice president of U. S. ♦ _____ ♦ The birthplace of Jonathan Edwards Read more...
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Join Randy as we go on location to Princeton Cemetery, just outside of Princeton University, to the grave of America’s founding pastors. We’ll see the tomb of Aaron Burr, the graves of Jonathan Edwards (Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God), Samuel Davies (see Polegreen), and John Witherspoon. From Christian Hall of Fame: American theologian and philosopher, Jonathan Edwards, Read more...
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From December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, almost 3,000 soldiers were killed, and over 15,000 were wounded in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Union troops under Major General William Rosecrans faced off against Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s men. During a battle, local homes would be impressed into service, often times as hospitals. Up the road from Read more...
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Inscription The Reverend Robert Sayers Sheffey (1820-1902), although one of a kind as to style and personality, was a Methodist Circuit Rider in the classic frontier tradition. Celebrated for the intensity of his faith and prayer, as well as for his eccentricities, Sheffey’s authority was recognized throughout this region. He is buried nearby, in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, beside his second Read more...
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“I am sorry for the preacher that has got so low down in his theology that he is trying to establish the fact that there is no hell. I know of men trying to establish the fact that there is no hell. A gentleman said to me a few days ago that the fact was nearly established. I said to Read more...
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The birthplace of Ira David Sankey stands as a quiet but meaningful landmark in the history of American gospel music. Located in Edinburgh, this modest home reflects the humble beginnings of a man whose voice would one day carry the message of the gospel across continents. Ira D. Sankey was born on August 28, 1840, into a devout Methodist family. Read more...
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When planning a shoot for our TV/ program, we try to group geographically proximate locations together. It so happened that while planning an interview with the son of Singspiration founder Al Smith, nearby we found a documented site tied to the old spiritual, “The Old Time Religion.” In 1834, the South Carolina Lutheran Synod purchased this building and started a Read more...
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Inscription: Near this spot was the boyhood home of Rev. Bob Jones, (1884-1968), D.D., L.L.D., internationally known evangelist and founder of Bob Jones University. The eleventh child of W. Alexander and Georgia Creel Jones, he was three months old when the family moved to Brannon Stand in 1884, where he lived until his father’s death in 1900. Four years after Read more...
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And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. (Numbers 20:11) In late 1863, the Confederate States of America needed a place to hold Union prisoners of war. Though the Confederates would not win the war, they had captured over Read more...
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The relationship between Daniel Sickles and Abraham Lincoln offers a striking window into the complexities of leadership, politics, and personality during the American Civil War. Both men were prominent figures in Union efforts, yet they came from very different backgrounds and embodied contrasting styles of authority. Daniel Sickles was one of the most unconventional generals in the Union Army. Before Read more...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower and Billy Graham formed one of the most influential partnerships between political leadership and religious life in twentieth-century America. Their relationship, which developed during Eisenhower’s presidency in the 1950s, reflected a broader cultural moment in which faith, patriotism, and public life were deeply intertwined. Eisenhower, a five-star general during World War II, entered the presidency in 1953 Read more...
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The tallest structure in DC is the Washington Monument. This is a fitting monument to General Washington whose willingness to challenge the great British Empire and whose humility to relinquish that power is properly honored. But the top of the monument does not honor Washington, rather it reads, Laus Deo – Glory to God. Straight north of the Washington Monument Read more...
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Inscription Birthplace of Carry A. Nation With hatchet in hand, this famous Kentuckian harassed saloon owners across U.S. Four miles from here on Carry Nation Rd. is house where she was born, 1846; lived there five years and in other Ky. towns before moving west. After Kansas banned liquor, Carry began crusade there in 1899, smashing furniture, mirrors, bottles. Home Read more...