I remember as a young child being taught Benjamin Franklin’s proverb: ‘Early to bed, early to rise, makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.’ As my father and I were both early to bed, early to rise, I have a lot of happy memories of time spent together around the breakfast table together at 6 am. Benjamin Franklin had the common touch. As a brilliant philosopher, he … [Read more...] about Benjamin Franklin and Jesus
Biography
Sir John A. & Agnes MacDonald: A New Family for a New Country
Every time we spent a Ten Dollar bill from 1971 to 2018, we came face-to-face with Sir John A Macdonald, our first Prime Minister. Starting in 2018 with ‘woke’ Victoria, eight of Macdonald’s ten statues across Canada have been vandalized and removed by Canadian ‘cancel culture, though the one in Ontario’s Queen’s Park was recently returned. In the name of … [Read more...] about Sir John A. & Agnes MacDonald: A New Family for a New Country
Rembrandt: The Prodigal Painter Returns
How do you feel about the world-famous paintings by Mr. Van Rijn? Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is one of the few men or women in history recognizable from just his first name. Others are Napoleon, Michaelangelo, and Cleopatra. Today Rembrandt is known to hundreds of millions of people in all parts of the world. Many art experts see him as the greatest of all the Dutch … [Read more...] about Rembrandt: The Prodigal Painter Returns
Charles and Susannah Spurgeon: Pioneering Baptists
The ‘Prince of Preachers’ Charles Spurgeon had a ‘princess’ of a wife, Susie. Their romance is one of the most remarkable clergy marriages in the history of Christianity. They were married for thirty-six years until Charles’ death at age 57 in 1892. Susie, as a wealthy, sophisticated Londoner, was not initially impressed with 19-year-old Charles, because of his … [Read more...] about Charles and Susannah Spurgeon: Pioneering Baptists
Kathryn Kuhlman: Believing in Miracles
We will never forget seeing Kathryn Kuhlman in 1975 at the packed-out Vancouver Coliseum. Ed intentionally had us sit in the upper-balcony section, as far away as possible from Kathryn. One of her trademarks was encouraging healed people to push their own wheelchairs around the stage. Many North Shore residents fondly remember the Sign of the Fish bookstore … [Read more...] about Kathryn Kuhlman: Believing in Miracles