The Wounded Healer: Bible Scholar J B Phillips’ Mental Health Struggles
Image: leahdipascal.com J.B. (John Bertram) Phillips (1906-1982) is remembered today chiefly for his paraphrase of the New Testament: The New Testament in Modern English. A canon in the Anglican...
View ArticleThe First Christian Social Entrepreneur? Basil’s “New City” in 4th century...
An early representation of Basil, perhaps at the Basiliad In popular usage today, the term “entrepreneur” seems to mean little more than someone who started their own business. The term is much wider,...
View Article“Strange, Beautiful Things”: Instances of the Miraculous in the Early...
Image: celestialgrace.org Bramwell Booth was the first Chief of Staff of the Salvation Army and succeeded his father, William, as General in 1926. A year earlier, he published his Echoes and Memories...
View Article“The Parson’s Converted!” William Haslam and the 1850s Religious Revival in...
There cannot be many preachers converted during one of their own sermons, but this was the happy fate of William Haslam. Ordained in 1842, he was initially more concerned with church decor and...
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