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In Memory of Rev. John Robinson, M.A. Pastor of the English church worshiping over against this spot. A.D. 1609-1625, whence at his prompting went forth the Pilgrim Fathers to settle New England in 1620.Buried under this house of worship, 4 Mar. 1625AET. XLIX Years. In Memoria Aeterna Erit Justus. Image Credit: Tombaine at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...

Desiderius Erasmus prepared the first printed Greek New Testament, the Novum Instrumentum Omne, in 1516. Wikipedia: An estimate of up to 300,000 copies were printed in Erasmus’ lifetime.[1] They were the basis for the majority of Textus Receptus translations of the New Testament in the 16th–19th centuries, including those of Martin Luther, William Tyndale and the King James Version.[2] Photo Read more...

English Translation from HMDB: He was trained as a priest and developed into the most important (humanist) scholar of his time (Renaissance). He studied in Paris, stayed at the royal court in England and worked with printers in Venice and Basel. According to Erasmus, man must develop in three areas: cultural, religious and ethical. These aspects are discussed in his Read more...

GAMEO: The Menno Monument (coordinates: 53° 5′ 56″ N, 5° 28′ 54″ E [53.098889, 5.481667]), in Witmarsum, Dutch province of Friesland, was erected on the site where the meetinghouse of the Witmarsum Mennonites once stood. Tradition says that the house of Herman and Gerrit Jansz stood here, where Menno first preached after leaving the Roman Catholic Church in 1536, and often stayed, and where he was probably married…. Photo Read more...

Stadsmonumenten.nl The oldest part of the former court building is from the early 15th century. Wigbold Wigboldus became in 1477, the owner of the meters-high stone house. Until 1585, the building was owned by the prominent squire family Van Ewsum. The last Van Ewsum, Christoffer, was kind to the persecuted Mennonites and provided their wanted leader, Menno Simons, shelter. Photographed Read more...

Henry Allan “Harry” Ironside (October 14, 1876 – January 15, 1951) was a Canadian-American Bible teacher, preacher, theologian, pastor, and author who pastored Moody Church in Chicago from 1929 to 1948. Image Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Harry a. Ironside. 4 Feb. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_A._Ironside#/media/File:Harry_Ironside.jpg. Read more...

From Wikipedia: Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one of the numerous local languages, then began teaching. Because of her understanding of the native language and her bold personality Slessor gained the trust and acceptance of the locals and was able to spread Christianity while promoting women’s rights and protecting Read more...

Now home to Pyongyang University of Science & Technology, in 1931, the “Robert Jermain Thomas Memorial Church” was built near the spot where the namesake was killed in 1866.   The Pyongyang Revival occurred in 1907   From Wikipedia: [3]“One government official named Pak Yong-Sik who took home some of the Bibles thrown onto the river bank, used them to Read more...

The building is from the time of Herod – but the Cave was visited much earlier. This is the Jewish Cave of Machpelah, the burial place of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.   Image Credit: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...

  Ride the https://jericho-cablecar.com/ Deuteronomy 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. Joshua 6 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, Read more...

from Wikipedia: The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of 10 years, between 1946 and 1956, at the Qumran Caves near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the northern shore of the Dead Sea. Dating from the 3rd Read more...

Wikipedia: Omri is thought to have granted the Arameans the right to “make streets in Samaria” as a sign of submission (1 Kings 20:34). This probably meant permission was granted to the Aramean merchants to carry on their trade in the city. This would imply the existence of a considerable Aramean population, who called it Shamerain.[clarification needed][23] In 720 BCE, Samaria fell Read more...

Wikipedia: Shiloh (/ˈʃaɪloʊ/; Hebrew: שִׁלֹה, שִׁלוֹ ,שִׁילֹה, שִׁילוֹ, romanized: Šīlō) was an ancient city and sanctuary in ancient Israel located in the West Bank, Palestine. According to the Hebrew Bible, Shiloh was one of the main centers of Israelite worship during the pre-monarchic period, before the First Temple in Jerusalem was built. After the Israelite conquest of Canaan, the Tabernacle was moved to Shiloh, and remained there during the period of the biblical judges. Wayne Stiles: For three Read more...

Has Joshua’s Altar at Mount Ebal been discovered? Israeli archaeologist Adam Zertal found an altar – but was it Joshua’s? From Wikipedia: The excavating archaeologist, Adam Zertal, believed that the site was the compound containing the biblical altar built by Joshua.[4][10] According to the Book of Joshua chapter 8, the Israelites under the leadership of Joshua had built an altar on Mount Ebal, as had been Read more...

From DannyTheDigger: Today, there are almost no visible remains of biblical Bethel in Baytin. However, some exciting finds are at the summit of Mount Artas, 1 mile north of Baytin. Facing north is a big stone platform framed by a stone wall, forming a rectangular shape. By local tradition, Jeroboam’s temple stood here. Next to it, the Muslims erected a Read more...

From Wikipedia: According to Joshua 24:30, Joshua was buried in Timnath-serah,[21] which is considered by Orthodox Jews to be the current location of Kifl Haris, where a Jewish tradition also places the tombs of Caleb and Nun.[22] Thousands make the pilgrimage to the tombs on the annual commemoration of Joshua’s death,[22] 26th of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar.[21] According to a Samaritan tradition, noted in 1877, the tombs of Joshua and Caleb were in Kifl Haris.[23] The Read more...

From Wikipedia: The shrine considered by Jews to be the tomb of Caleb is seen by Muslims to be the maqam of Prophet Dhu al-Kifl, from whom they consider the first part of the town’s name to be derived.[3] Photo Shuki / released to Public Domain Read more...

From Wikipedia: The third holy structure in Kifl Haris, standing at some distance in the southwest of the town, is a large open shrine dedicated to Prophet Dhul-Nun, identified with Yunus (Jonah). Jews see in it the tomb of Nun, the father of Joshua. From Israel National News: We passed three hareidi-religious men, in their late twenties and early thirties, from Read more...

Wikipedia: The Inn of the Good Samaritan is a national park, museum, ancient archaeological site and former inn administered by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority located near Ma’ale Adumim, halfway between Jerusalem and Jericho, at an elevation of 298 meters above sea level.[2] The Inn is named after the New Testament‘s Parable of the Good Samaritan, and houses a museum of ancient mosaics and other archaeological findings mostly dating from the 4th-7th centuries Read more...

From The Gospel in Bonds The camp at Tabaga was surrounded by four thick, wooden stockade-like fences nearly fifteen feet high. Over each fence stretched several rows of barbed wire and another wire connected to the alarm system. Massive spirals of barbed wire lay between the first two fences. Armed guards with dogs patrolled the area between the last set Read more...