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Eric Liddell – Chasing something more

May 15, 2025 by Jack Taylor Leave a Comment

Eric Liddell's fiery chariots

The American stars laughed themselves silly when the Chinese-born rugby player threw back his head and raged from the back of the pack toward the finish line at the Paris Olympics. This wasn’t even Eric Liddell's race to run. He was a sprinter, and the 440 wasn’t designed for a man clawing at the air and chewing up the yards with his loping stride. The chase was on for the man … [Read more...] about Eric Liddell – Chasing something more

Smith and Polly Wigglesworth: Only believe 

March 17, 2025 by Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird 2 Comments

wigglesworth

One of the most famous healing pioneers of all time was the illiterate Bradford, UK, plumber Smith Wigglesworth (1859 to 1947). Instead of going to school, he worked full-time at age six on a farm. From age seven, he worked 12 to 14 hours each day in a mill. His wife Polly taught him how to read the Bible and write, though he never learned to spell normally.  Smith, for … [Read more...] about Smith and Polly Wigglesworth: Only believe 

Alexander & Mary Boddy, British Healing Pioneers 

February 17, 2025 by Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird Leave a Comment

the boddys

From the noisy industrial town of Sunderland in Northern England came unlikely healing pioneers, Rev. AA (Alexander) and Mary Boddy. Sunderland at the time was the largest shipbuilding port in the world, full of noxious factory fumes and clanging steam hammers. As a spiritual well of revival, Sunderland was visited thirty times by John Wesley.   Alexander Boddy was … [Read more...] about Alexander & Mary Boddy, British Healing Pioneers 

William Seymour: Father of the Azusa Street Revival 

November 14, 2024 by Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird 1 Comment

William Seymour

Who might have imagined almost 120 years ago in 1906 that a one-eyed black preacher in Los Angeles would eventually impact over 800 million people around the globe?  William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was the second of eight children born to recently freed slaves Simon and Phyllis Seymour in Centerville, Louisiana. His father contracted a fatal … [Read more...] about William Seymour: Father of the Azusa Street Revival 

John Knox: Father of Presbyterianism

October 17, 2024 by Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird 1 Comment

john knox

John Knox, an unlikely Scottish Reformer, is the most influential Scotsman in Scottish history.  Born around 1515, he went to the University of St. Andrew’s before working as a notary priest who drew up and certified contracts.  It was a wild and wooly time in the beginning of the Scottish Reformation. John Knox said that it was merchants and mariners who … [Read more...] about John Knox: Father of Presbyterianism

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