History

Baptist History:

• Are Baptists Historically Calvinist?  I know what you have been told.  But who told you?  And were they right?  Read this for the historical facts.
• Baptist History Preservation Society:  Who is keeping Baptist History alive?  Is there a way you can help?
• Baptist History Session 1:  Lectures dealing with Baptist History.  Deals with the progression of the early church.
• Baptist History Session 2:  Lectures dealing with Baptist History.  Deals with the progression of the early church.
• Baptist History Session 3:  Lectures dealing with Baptist History.  Deals with the progression of the early church.
• Baptist History Session 4:  Lectures dealing with Baptist History.  Deals with the progression of the early church.

• A Better Assurance: A death sentence was passed upon Claes Lecks for the crime of rejecting infant baptism. Thus he offered up his sacrifice as a true child of God.

• Early East Tennessee Baptist Encyclopedia - This is a work in progress. Please do not expect too much at this time.

• Elizabeth - The Lord's Handmaiden: Elizabeth was apprehended on the 15^th of January, 1549. When those who had come to apprehend her entered the house in which she lived, they found a Latin Testament. Having secured Elizabeth, they said, “We have got the right man; we have now the teacheress;”

• Eternal Joy With Him: Felix Mantz was also an originator of the Reformation of the faith, in Germany, and when he, with great zeal, practiced, taught, and preached, the recognized truth of the gospel, he was envied, accused, and imprisoned by his adversaries, and finally drowned at Zurich, for the evangelical truth, thus becoming a witness of the sufferings of Christ. This occurred in the year of our Lord 1526.

• I Go Now to the Holy City: Fear fell upon the executioner on Palm Sunday eve of the year 1545 when Francis of Bolsweert could seemingly not be strangled nor completely consumed by fire.

• I Will Testify To It With My Blood: A.D. 1527, Thomas Hermann, a minister of the Gospel and Word of God, was executed. Some persons had been apprehended at Kitzbuehl, and, through the tyranny of the authorities, had been brought to apostatize from the truth.

• John Hillsman - A Soldier for the Lord: In his youth, John Hillsman lived the life of the soldier and of the adventurer. In his prime, he became a successful business man and an honorable community leader. But none of these accomplishments satisfied the longings in his soul. At an age when many prepare to die, he began a new life.

• Joyfully Led to the Flames: George Wagner, of Emmerich, was apprehended at Munich, in Bavaria, on account of four articles of the faith. He would not renounce these articles, and was severely tormented.

• The Lord Shall Be My Comfort:  A story of a faithful lady, named Catharine ,who was martyred for her faith in 1551 AD.

• The Martyrs for the Lord - Acts 22:12-24: Many are suffering today, but are they suffering for the right cause? There are those in history who have been willing to suffer and even lay down their lives for the furtherance of the gospel. Audio Sermon

• Summary of Major Baptist Groups From the 17th to 19th Century:  What groups existed during this time in history?  What is the difference between the Particular, General and Seventh Day Baptists?
• We Still March to His Tune:  A 21 year-old carpenter found his way to Charlestown to help rebuild after the battle with the British.  But Oliver Holden was not a simple working man. He had interests other than carpentry.  As a matter of fact his famous work is the composition of a hymn entitled CORONATION.

• Worthy to Suffer: Twelve persons, men and women, burned and beheaded for the testimony of Jesus Christ, at Vucht, near Herzogenbusch (in The Netherlands), A.D. 1538. Another September Eleventh (9-11) tragedy.

• You Can Thank the Baptists for Freedom of Worship:  Persecution of the Baptists did not cease with the Roman Catholic church but it continued with the Protestants.  Baptists, however, stood for liberty of conscience, not only for themselves, but they also stood for the freedom of Catholics, Jews, Turks, Protestants and heretics to worship God according to their conscience without the intervention of government.

Bible History:

• Bible History - Strictly speaking, covers the period of Bible history from the creation in Genesis through the time of the Prophets

Church History:

• George Abbot: George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury and one of the translators of the King James Bible, was born on October 29, 1562, in Guildford (of Surrey, England; burial place of Lewis Carroll). He entered Baliol College, Oxford, in 1578, was made Master of University College, and was made Dean of Winchester in 1599.

• Jacques Abbadie:  Jacques Abbadie was born about 1654 at Nay in Bearn (SW France) and studied at Saumur and Sedan.  He was the pastor of the French Protestant church at Berlin. His small congregation grew quickly after the revocation of the edict of Nantes in France in 1685 caused a large-scale emigration of the Huguenots into Brandenburg.

• Age of Apostles: The contribution of Jews, Romans, Greeks, Orientals. Evangelization, Completed Canon of Scripture, Apostolic Writers, Early Heresies.

• A Better Assurance: A death sentence was passed upon Claes Lecks for the crime of rejecting infant baptism. Thus he offered up his sacrifice as a true child of God.

• Introduction to Church History: Purpose, Definition, Branches, Sources, General Outline, Important Dates and Trends in Church History--with some quotes.

• Elizabeth - The Lord's Handmaiden: Elizabeth was apprehended on the 15^th of January, 1549. When those who had come to apprehend her entered the house in which she lived, they found a Latin Testament. Having secured Elizabeth, they said, “We have got the right man; we have now the teacheress;”

• Eternal Joy With Him: Felix Mantz was also an originator of the Reformation of the faith, in Germany, and when he, with great zeal, practiced, taught, and preached, the recognized truth of the gospel, he was envied, accused, and imprisoned by his adversaries, and finally drowned at Zurich, for the evangelical truth, thus becoming a witness of the sufferings of Christ. This occurred in the year of our Lord 1526.

• I Go Now to the Holy City: Fear fell upon the executioner on Palm Sunday eve of the year 1545 when Francis of Bolsweert could seemingly not be strangled nor completely consumed by fire.

• I Will Testify To It With My Blood: A.D. 1527, Thomas Hermann, a minister of the Gospel and Word of God, was executed. Some persons had been apprehended at Kitzbuehl, and, through the tyranny of the authorities, had been brought to apostatize from the truth.

• Joyfully Led to the Flames: George Wagner, of Emmerich, was apprehended at Munich, in Bavaria, on account of four articles of the faith. He would not renounce these articles, and was severely tormented.

• Kindled With Zeal: These eighteen persons, besides many others, were kindled with zeal in the fear of God, and had turned to God from the world and its idolatry, and been baptized upon faith in Christ, entering upon obedience towards His holy Gospel. This the adversaries could not endure; these eighteen were therefore apprehended, and finally, as they, under many tortures, piously adhered to their faith, were all sentenced to the fire, and burned.

• The Lord Shall Be My Comfort:  A story of a faithful lady, named Catharine ,who was martyred for her faith in 1551 AD.

• Sabbath or Sunday: What day of the week should believers set aside to worship the Lord? When did believers begin the practice of gathering together on Sunday or the Lord's Day for the purpose of worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ?

• The Translators of the King James Bible:  Detailed description of their abilities, their piety, their attitudes, and their approach and design in the translation.
• Why We Should Study History: Church History Lesson 1:  A lesson giving biblical and practical reasons for studying history.  You can start with the quiz.

• Worthy to Suffer: Twelve persons, men and women, burned and beheaded for the testimony of Jesus Christ, at Vucht, near Herzogenbusch (in The Netherlands), A.D. 1538. Another September Eleventh (9-11) tragedy.

• You Can Thank the Baptists for Freedom of Worship:  Persecution of the Baptists did not cease with the Roman Catholic church but it continued with the Protestants.  Baptists, however, stood for liberty of conscience, not only for themselves, but they also stood for the freedom of Catholics, Jews, Turks, Protestants and heretics to worship God according to their conscience without the intervention of government.

World History:

• No Call For Help - The greatest single-day loss of battleships in British history.  What happened?