Today's date in history has some interesting events recorded, the first in The One Year Book of Christian History (aint you bought your own copy yet?!!)...the rest from the Today In History website [http://www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/today2.cgi].On Sunday, October 4, 1747 David Brainerd, American missionary to the Mohicans (did he ever meet Chingachgook's real life equal?), knew he was about to die. His not-to-be-father-in-law, Jonathan Edwards ended up writing The Life of Brainerd in 1749, changing the lives of John Wesley, Henry Martyn, William Carey, Robert Morrison, David Livingston, Andrew Murray, Jim Elliot, Robert Murray McCheyne, and Robert Murray Sexton. (Look these guys up if you don't know their stories.)
On October 4, 1535...back in the day for you young and old'uns...Miles Coverdale published his English version of the Bible...guess he read the Good Book cover(dale) to cover(dale)?
October 4, 1957 witnessed Sputnik's launching into space, inaugurating the Space Age that has led us where we are and will eventually lead us to terraform other planets when Earth That Was gets too crowded and our technology becomes that of "Firefly." (My bad...God's gonna have His smackdown on us before that.)
On October 4, 1965, Pope Paul VI became the first Pope to visit the USofA EVER! Wonder if he had a beer and hot dog to celebrate? (It was a Monday, so he did not have to eat fish.)
October 4, 2008...DANGGIT, as Elfson would say, am I THAT old?!! Well, let's go make us a revolution and turn the world upside down as the early church did by looking like the Christ after whom we're named...loving justice, practicing mercy, and walking humbly before our God.
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