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05/24/14-001: Pocahontas converted to Christianity and then was baptized under her new Christian name Rebecca.
05/25/14-002: The Bible has been translated into nearly 2,454 different languages, including Klingon, for Star Trek enthusiasts.
05/26/14-003: Alexander Scourby completed his recording of the King James Bible in 1944.
05/26/14-004: Roger Williams founded the first Baptist church in America in Rhode Island in 1638.
05/26/14-005: Johann Gutenberg began his work on printing the first Bible around 1450 A.D.
05/26/14-006: On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached perhaps the most famous sermon ever preached In America titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
05/27/14-007: Contrary to many people’s beliefs, George Whitefield established the first Methodist Society and not John Wesley.
05/28/14-008: In a source outside the Bible, John Fox wrote that they cast the apostle John into a cauldron of boiling oil, but by a miracle of God, he escaped without harm.
05/28/14-009: It has been calculated that within the King James Bible’s 31,102 verses, there is a total of 788,258 words.
05/31/14-010: One of the earliest missionaries to the Native Indians was John Marrant; he was America’s first black preacher.
06/07/14-011: In 1455, one-quarter of Gutenberg’s first printed Bibles were printed on vellum.
06/16/14-012: In 1967, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand founded a non-profit organization called the Voice of the Martyrs to help the persecuted church worldwide.
06/16/14-013: The Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” was written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton and published in 1779.
06/24/14-014: Moses wrote, “it came to pass” 63 times alone in the Book of Genesis, making this saying a very memorable phrase.
07/08/14-015: Michael Faraday once read-only from the Bible for his entire sermon, saying his words could append nothing to God’s.
07/12/14-016: James, the son of Zebedee, was the first apostle to be martyred.
07/13/14-017: Horatio Spafford penned the famous hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” after his financial ruin and the tragic loss of his five children, a son, and four daughters.
07/13/14-018: On May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraphic message: “What hath God wrought?”
07/17/14-019: In July 1924, the Braille Institute of America published the first King James Bible in Braille.
07/17/14-020: The King James Bible is not only a best-seller but one of the most shoplifted books in the world.
07/19/14-021: The apostle Paul wrote more books of the New Testament than all the other apostles combined.
07/19/14-022: Due to the closing salutation in Hebrews, many people believe the Apostle Paul wrote it.
07/27/14-023: The books of Esther and Song of Solomon are the only two books in the Bible that don’t mention the word God within their text.
07/27/14-024: Dogs and lions are both mentioned throughout the Bible, but domestic cats are not mentioned once.
07/27/14-025: The books of the Bible were initially written between Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
07/30/14-026: Around forty writers penned the 66 books of the Bible in about 1,600 years.
07/30/14-027: Biblical writers have varied from prophets, fishermen, shepherds, prisoners to kings, and a physician, among many other walks of life.
07/30/14-028: The Bible is the most translated book in the world.
07/30/14-029: It’s estimated that every day about 72,000 Bibles are sold worldwide.
07/30/14-030: They could fit the entire Bible in a digital format of zeros and ones on the physical space of the size of a single human hair.
08/20/14-031: Despite her blindness, they believe Francis J. Crosby to have written more than 9,000 hymns, some of which are among the most popular songs ever composed.
08/28/14-032: They founded the earliest recorded Baptist Church in Holland in 1609.
08/29/14-033: It’s a common tenet that the teachings of the Baptist have been unbroken since the days of Christ, but not always under their current name.
09/04/14-034: King David was the most prolific author of songs in the Bible.
09/15/14-035: John Wycliffe produced the first hand-written manuscripts of the English Bible in the 1380s.
09/18/14-036: Scholars tell us that the King James Bible retains around 90-percent of William Tyndale’s work and that nearly one-third of it is word-for-word.
09/24/14-037: The Bible was first divided into chapters by Stephen Langton in 1228 and then later broke into verses by Mordecai Nathan and Robert Stephanus between 1488 and 1551 A.D.
09/28/14-038: On October 22, 1987, they sold a Gutenberg Bible for a record-breaking $4.9 million.
10/17/14-039: When reading along with Alexander Scourby, you’re able to read through the entire Bible in 71 Hours and 34 minutes.
10/19/14-040: The Christian calendar has 365 days a year, except for leap year when it has 366.
10/28/14-041: Christian martyrs would often have gunpowder tied around their necks by friends before being burnt at stake in hopes of quickening their deaths.
10/28/14-042: In 1899, Louis Klopsch conceived and produced the first red-letter New Testament.
11/24/14-043: If America was founded on the Geneva Bible as some people insist, then the founding fathers were using bibles that had been out-of-print for 132 years before writing the Declaration of Independence.
11/27/14-044: Along with the Apostle Paul, St. Luke was one of the top two prolific writers of the New Testament.
12/06/14-045: Menno Simons rejected the priesthood of the Catholic Church and became a leader among the Anabaptists, but his followers became known as Mennonites.
12/07/14-046: The Baptist and Anabaptists are often known as re-baptizers because of their biblical stance against infant baptism.
12/10/14-047: A reliable source stated William Tyndale knew English, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, and German so well that whichever language he spoke, you might assume that it was his native tongue.
01/01/15-048: The Textus Receptus is the Greek text that brought forth most of the New Testament translations during the Reformation-era, most notably the English King James Version.
01/17/15-049: As a key founder of the Confessing Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s actions brought him a life of persecution and martyrdom.
02/02/15-050: Raised in a Quaker home, Daniel Boone found salvation in Jesus Christ, where he not only loved God but feared Him.
02/22/15-051: In 1631, two royal printers in London reprinted the King James Bible that became known as the Wicked Bible because of a verse in Exodus that incorrectly says, “Thou shalt commit adultery.”
05/08/15-052: The legendary “Stonewall” Jackson was not only a prominent leader on and off the battlefield, but he was a man of Christian integrity and faith, a genuine, unwavering follower of Jesus Christ.
06/29/15-053: During the Civil War, it wasn’t only Robert E. Lee’s courage and battle skills that made him a legend, but these unique traits combined with his exceptional walk with God.
08/10/15-054: Despite his lack of schooling, William Carey became an excellent grammarian and polyglot; he translated the Bible into six languages.
08/10/15-055: John Elliot was the first missionary to the Native American Indians; he translated the Bible into the Massachusett language.
08/10/15-056: With his drowning words, Pastor John Harper led his last convert to Christ on April 15, 1912.
02/18/16-057: As a Baptist pastor, Clarence Larkin’s writings and illustrations on Dispensation greatly impacted the conservatives in the Protestant church.
12/22/19-058: Jesus, who’s often referred to as the Messiah, or Christ, and even our Saviour, is also known as the Son of God.
12/13/20-059: St. John’s Wort blooms in June around Saint John the Baptist’s day; in folklore, it is stated that the red spots on the leaves appeared on the anniversary of his beheading as a symbol of his blood.
05/25/14-002: The Bible has been translated into nearly 2,454 different languages, including Klingon, for Star Trek enthusiasts.
05/26/14-003: Alexander Scourby completed his recording of the King James Bible in 1944.
05/26/14-004: Roger Williams founded the first Baptist church in America in Rhode Island in 1638.
05/26/14-005: Johann Gutenberg began his work on printing the first Bible around 1450 A.D.
05/26/14-006: On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached perhaps the most famous sermon ever preached In America titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
05/27/14-007: Contrary to many people’s beliefs, George Whitefield established the first Methodist Society and not John Wesley.
05/28/14-008: In a source outside the Bible, John Fox wrote that they cast the apostle John into a cauldron of boiling oil, but by a miracle of God, he escaped without harm.
05/28/14-009: It has been calculated that within the King James Bible’s 31,102 verses, there is a total of 788,258 words.
05/31/14-010: One of the earliest missionaries to the Native Indians was John Marrant; he was America’s first black preacher.
06/07/14-011: In 1455, one-quarter of Gutenberg’s first printed Bibles were printed on vellum.
06/16/14-012: In 1967, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand founded a non-profit organization called the Voice of the Martyrs to help the persecuted church worldwide.
06/16/14-013: The Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” was written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton and published in 1779.
06/24/14-014: Moses wrote, “it came to pass” 63 times alone in the Book of Genesis, making this saying a very memorable phrase.
07/08/14-015: Michael Faraday once read-only from the Bible for his entire sermon, saying his words could append nothing to God’s.
07/12/14-016: James, the son of Zebedee, was the first apostle to be martyred.
07/13/14-017: Horatio Spafford penned the famous hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” after his financial ruin and the tragic loss of his five children, a son, and four daughters.
07/13/14-018: On May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraphic message: “What hath God wrought?”
07/17/14-019: In July 1924, the Braille Institute of America published the first King James Bible in Braille.
07/17/14-020: The King James Bible is not only a best-seller but one of the most shoplifted books in the world.
07/19/14-021: The apostle Paul wrote more books of the New Testament than all the other apostles combined.
07/19/14-022: Due to the closing salutation in Hebrews, many people believe the Apostle Paul wrote it.
07/27/14-023: The books of Esther and Song of Solomon are the only two books in the Bible that don’t mention the word God within their text.
07/27/14-024: Dogs and lions are both mentioned throughout the Bible, but domestic cats are not mentioned once.
07/27/14-025: The books of the Bible were initially written between Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
07/30/14-026: Around forty writers penned the 66 books of the Bible in about 1,600 years.
07/30/14-027: Biblical writers have varied from prophets, fishermen, shepherds, prisoners to kings, and a physician, among many other walks of life.
07/30/14-028: The Bible is the most translated book in the world.
07/30/14-029: It’s estimated that every day about 72,000 Bibles are sold worldwide.
07/30/14-030: They could fit the entire Bible in a digital format of zeros and ones on the physical space of the size of a single human hair.
08/20/14-031: Despite her blindness, they believe Francis J. Crosby to have written more than 9,000 hymns, some of which are among the most popular songs ever composed.
08/28/14-032: They founded the earliest recorded Baptist Church in Holland in 1609.
08/29/14-033: It’s a common tenet that the teachings of the Baptist have been unbroken since the days of Christ, but not always under their current name.
09/04/14-034: King David was the most prolific author of songs in the Bible.
09/15/14-035: John Wycliffe produced the first hand-written manuscripts of the English Bible in the 1380s.
09/18/14-036: Scholars tell us that the King James Bible retains around 90-percent of William Tyndale’s work and that nearly one-third of it is word-for-word.
09/24/14-037: The Bible was first divided into chapters by Stephen Langton in 1228 and then later broke into verses by Mordecai Nathan and Robert Stephanus between 1488 and 1551 A.D.
09/28/14-038: On October 22, 1987, they sold a Gutenberg Bible for a record-breaking $4.9 million.
10/17/14-039: When reading along with Alexander Scourby, you’re able to read through the entire Bible in 71 Hours and 34 minutes.
10/19/14-040: The Christian calendar has 365 days a year, except for leap year when it has 366.
10/28/14-041: Christian martyrs would often have gunpowder tied around their necks by friends before being burnt at stake in hopes of quickening their deaths.
10/28/14-042: In 1899, Louis Klopsch conceived and produced the first red-letter New Testament.
11/24/14-043: If America was founded on the Geneva Bible as some people insist, then the founding fathers were using bibles that had been out-of-print for 132 years before writing the Declaration of Independence.
11/27/14-044: Along with the Apostle Paul, St. Luke was one of the top two prolific writers of the New Testament.
12/06/14-045: Menno Simons rejected the priesthood of the Catholic Church and became a leader among the Anabaptists, but his followers became known as Mennonites.
12/07/14-046: The Baptist and Anabaptists are often known as re-baptizers because of their biblical stance against infant baptism.
12/10/14-047: A reliable source stated William Tyndale knew English, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, and German so well that whichever language he spoke, you might assume that it was his native tongue.
01/01/15-048: The Textus Receptus is the Greek text that brought forth most of the New Testament translations during the Reformation-era, most notably the English King James Version.
01/17/15-049: As a key founder of the Confessing Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s actions brought him a life of persecution and martyrdom.
02/02/15-050: Raised in a Quaker home, Daniel Boone found salvation in Jesus Christ, where he not only loved God but feared Him.
02/22/15-051: In 1631, two royal printers in London reprinted the King James Bible that became known as the Wicked Bible because of a verse in Exodus that incorrectly says, “Thou shalt commit adultery.”
05/08/15-052: The legendary “Stonewall” Jackson was not only a prominent leader on and off the battlefield, but he was a man of Christian integrity and faith, a genuine, unwavering follower of Jesus Christ.
06/29/15-053: During the Civil War, it wasn’t only Robert E. Lee’s courage and battle skills that made him a legend, but these unique traits combined with his exceptional walk with God.
08/10/15-054: Despite his lack of schooling, William Carey became an excellent grammarian and polyglot; he translated the Bible into six languages.
08/10/15-055: John Elliot was the first missionary to the Native American Indians; he translated the Bible into the Massachusett language.
08/10/15-056: With his drowning words, Pastor John Harper led his last convert to Christ on April 15, 1912.
02/18/16-057: As a Baptist pastor, Clarence Larkin’s writings and illustrations on Dispensation greatly impacted the conservatives in the Protestant church.
12/22/19-058: Jesus, who’s often referred to as the Messiah, or Christ, and even our Saviour, is also known as the Son of God.
12/13/20-059: St. John’s Wort blooms in June around Saint John the Baptist’s day; in folklore, it is stated that the red spots on the leaves appeared on the anniversary of his beheading as a symbol of his blood.