December 21 – 1609 = William Ames delivers sermon in Church of Saint Mary the Great Cambridge rebuking debauchery of students during 12 days of Christmas Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 20 – 1545 = Heidelberg Church of the Holy Spirit just as Mass was about to be read, the congregation broke out in a Protestant hymn. Zephaniah 3:14 Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 19 – 1526 = Nicolas Wirzetenarz and host Clara are burned at the stake in Bohemia Galatians 3:26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. Persecution of the faithful never took long to get started. In Prague on... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 18 – 1613 = Elector Sigismund of Brandenburg converts to the Reformed Faith Philemon 1:8-9 Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you- I,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 17 -1559 = Matthew Parker becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church, He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. Matthew Parker is a father... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 16 -1944 = Corrie Ten Boom’s sister, Betsie, dies in concentration camp 1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch Reformed believer, survived a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 15 – 1618 = Abraham Scultetus preached a sermon at Dordt on the 122nd Psalm Psalm 122:9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. The Synod of Dort was a Reformed Ecumenical Council that had been gathered... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 14 – 1557 = First Reformed Synod in Lithuania (Evangelical Reformed Church of Lithuania) Acts 20:28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 13 -1784 = Samuel Johnson, the writer and Anglican, dies. Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, Dr. Johnson, as Samuel Johnson was known, died... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
December 12 – 1602 = Escalade in Geneva Psalm 124:2-3 if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us Sometimes the danger from... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
