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At a Christian broadcasting convention, a friend of mine introduced me to Russell S. Doughten Jr. He looked vaguely familiar, until my host reminded me about his film, A Thief in the Night. In 1972, Doughten and Donald W. Thompson formed Mark IV Productions. Shooting in his native Iowa, he would tell the story of the world’s last days as Read more...
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Theodore H. Epp (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1985) was an American Christian clergyman, writer, and a radio evangelist. Epp was the founding director and speaker of the Back to the Bible broadcasts between 1939–1985, heard worldwide on eight hundred stations in eight languages.[1] Early years and education Epp was born in Oraibi, Arizona, the son of Russian Mennonite immigrants.[2] His parents were missionaries to the Hopi Indians there. After Read more...
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From website: The Woodland Museum of Biblical Archaeology is one of the many ministries of Woodland United Fellowship, a local church in Woodland, California. The Museum is open to the public and provides opportunity to learn more about the history, culture, land, and people of the Bible. We have hosted Archaeological Symposiums, educational and spiritual journeys to the Biblical Lands, Read more...
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Modern creationism, the idea that God created the world in six literal days approximately 6,000 years ago, and following that, a worldwide flood occurred, was championed by George McCready Price, a Seventh Day Adventist, starting in 1902. Williams Jennings Bryan unsuccessfully recruited him as a witness for the Scopes Trial. The “flood geology” movement grew to include conservative Lutherans, and Read more...
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From website: The Dunham Bible Museum, with its extensive collection of rare Bibles, is dedicated to telling the story of the most important book in the world. On public display are: ancient manuscripts decoratively illuminated medieval Scriptures examples of the earliest printed Bibles the earliest Bibles in English the earliest Bibles printed in America Bible translations from across the centuries Read more...
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If you’re in Colorado Springs, we’d be delighted to have you visit our Welcome Center, located directly off the interstate! We’ve welcomed more than five million guests through our doors since opening the Welcome Center in 1994. Guests can become better acquainted with Focus on the Family through a self-guided walking tour, as well as have fun with their Read more...
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Lloyd and Doris Anderson started the museum that is now known as the Mount St. Helens Creation Center to share the impact of the volcano that transformed Washington state. On March 15th, 1980, a series of earthquakes began, followed by avalanches, fractures, and ash clouds. Then, it appeared to stop on May 16th, and the area residents started demanding to Read more...
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From 1860 to 1930, the Queen’s Royal Hotel was located on the shores of the Niagara River overlooking Lake Ontario. One of the top hotels of the Gilded Age, from 1883 to 1897 it became the permanent home of the Believers’ Meeting for Bible Study, later called the Niagara Bible Conference. This prototype of the Bible Conference movement, began in Read more...
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1819 – Joseph Scriven – 1886 Author of “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” Memorial Monument Read more...
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History of Joseph Medlicott Scriven, son of John Scriven and his wife Jane Medlicott. Born at Seapatrick Co. Down, Ireland Receiving a Degree B.A. 1842 Trinity College Dublin -Military Training – Addiscombe Military Seminary, London. Came to Canada in 1844 Was a tutor to Pengelley Family Died at James Backvill’es Buried in Pengelley’s Cemetery, North of Rice Lake Read more...