Evan Jones – Supporting the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears
Evan Jones – Supporting the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears May 26, 1838, was the start of the so-called Trail of Tears, when about 15,000 men, women, and children…
Simonetta Carr
Simonetta Carr is a wife, mother, home school educator, and writer of many books and articles. Check out her Alliance podcast Kids Talk Church History.
Germanus of Auxerre Against the Pelagian Heresy
Many Christians are familiar with Pelagius, the Celtic monk who challenged Augustine of Hippo’s prayer, “Give what you command, and command what you will.” According to Pelagius, this was a…
Aphrahat the Sage – A Lesser-Known Church Father
Aphrahat the Sage – A Lesser-Known Church Father Typically depicted with a turban and a thin and grave bearded face, Aphrahat is not high in most people’s list of Christian…
The Abitinian Martyrs – The Christians Who Couldn’t Do Without a Lord’s Day Service
“Sine dominico non possumus” (“We can’t do without the Lord’s Day”). This was the answer of a group of 49 Christians (31 men and 18 women) who were arrested for…
Athenagoras of Athens and His Defense of Christianity
As Athenagoras examined Christianity in the second century, he found it utterly absurd. A religion about a man who was executed as a criminal and returned in a resurrected body?…
Bavinck for Kids
Some people were surprised when I said I was writing a biography of Herman Bavinck for kids. Although his name is gaining greater recognition even outside Reformed circles, most people…
Daniel Gookin and the Praying Indians
When Waban, ruler of the Natick people, complained that no matter what they did, they could never please the English nor be considered their equals, Daniel Gookin could only reply,…
Catherine Sutton (Nahnee) – Defending the Rights of Native Americans
In 1860, an Ojibwe woman, Nahneebahweequay (or Nahnee), traveled from Canada to England to meet Queen Victoria. To the English, she was known by the baptismal name she had chosen:…
Mary Churchman – Dealing With Family Opposition
Some of us are familiar with the story of Agnes Beaumont, the Puritan woman who struggled with her father’s opposition to her beliefs and had to face frightening accusations after…
George Trosse and His Mental Struggles
The vulnerable honesty of some Puritan diaries can be startling at a time when we tend to guard our words. Yet it is through this honesty that we understand the…
Michael Wigglesworth and His Struggle With Same-Sex Desires
Editorial Note: There are a number of reasons why Wigglesworth’s diary is a help to those who struggle with same-sex attraction in our day. First, as Carr points out, Wigglesworth…
Catherine Ferguson and Her Work Among New York’s Children
by Simonetta Carr A few years ago, I wrote about Isabella Graham[1]. the Scottish educator who founded one of the first women’s societies to be legally registered as a charity,…