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George Washington Carver |
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By Christian Overman of Biblical Worldview Matters
The accomplishments of Dr. George Washington Carver in the field of botany-chemistry are legendary, having developed 300 products from the peanut, and 118 from the sweet potato. The products Carver invented include printers ink, shaving cream, plastics, adhesives and much more. But Carver only owned three patents on his many creations. Why? Because he didn't feel it was right to take money for something God gave him. |
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Merry Old England? |
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By Christian Overman in his blog, Worldview Matters, October 23, 2009
In the time of William Wilberforce, 25% of the single women in London were prostitutes. Liquor flowed so plentifully that it became known as the “Gin Age.”
Chuck Stetson, in the Foreword to a 2007 reprint of Wilberforce’s work, A Practical View of Real Christianity, writes that “gambling was a national obsession and ruined thousands.” |
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Sir Isaac's Solar System |
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Sir Isaac had an accomplished artisan fashion for him a small scale model of our solar system which was to be put in a room in Newton's home when completed. The assignment was finished and installed on a large table. The workman had done a very commendable job, simulating not only the various sizes of the planets and their relative proximities, but also so constructing the model that everything rotated and orbited when a crank was turned. …Newton's friend exclaimed, "Who made it?" …"Nobody." |
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Along the embankment |
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By Jeff Fountain in Across Pacific Magazine A free Sunday afternoon in London prior to a speaking engagement gave me opportunity to wander along the Thames Embankment opposite the London Eye Millennium Wheel. It was not just a casual walk. I was looking for something specific. …Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools…. |
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A pastor's revolutionary vision |
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By Robert Eric Frykenberg in Christian History, 2009.01.14 The name August Hermann Francke may not be widely known today, but this gentle and innovative teacher helped launch the modern wave of Protestant missions, education, and translation. |
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