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The Praying Scholar
Daily prayer is the means by which we renew ourselves. Prayer is a reaching out to God, a response to God’s blessings. Prayer involves asking God what God already knows you will ask. God wishes us to ask for prayers for … Continue reading
Ash Hill Publishing
Ash Hill Publishing publishes many of the books that you will find listed at this blog, including books on religion, history, biography, and genealogy. For example, if you are interested in a different twist and empathetic telling of how and … Continue reading
Georges Lemaître and the Big Bang: The Limits of Piety
Georges Lemaître was a Catholic priest and military veteran who in the 1920s and 1930s made astonishing theoretical discoveries that overturned the steady-state universe, the eternal unchanging universe that astronomers had believed in for millennia. Father Lemaître argued that the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, History of Science
Tagged big-bang, Christianity, god, Love, philosophy, Piety, Religion, Science
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Do not Fear Death, because Perfect Love Casts out Fear
Death is the last act of life that occurs in an instant in time, yet it opens to eternity. Hence the moment and the eternal are combined at once in death. Death is a time when our perceptions of life … Continue reading
Captain John Smith was an Anglican Missionary—-WHAT?!
Captain John Smith was arguably the greatest of the English explorers, discoverers, and colonists of America. He was as well the first American historian. His human and natural histories include: A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Noate … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged anglicanism, Christianity, Great Commission, history, John Smith, Missionaries
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Christian Missionaries–Books to Read
I am a historian, and one of my favorite topics to write on is the Christian missionary experience in America.I have just reissued a book about Baptist missionaries in America, particularly in Oklahoma: “Marking the Jesus Road: Bacone College through … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Bacone College, bible, books, catholics, Christianity, faith, history, Jesus, Missionaries, Protestants
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Robert Hamilton, Baptist Missionary, and the Jesus Road
Robert Hamilton, a friend and associate of Mary P. Jayne and Joseph S. Murrow, was one of the first missionaries sent by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to western Oklahoma; Hamilton worked with the Cheyenne and Arapaho people from … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged American Indians, baptists, bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, jesus-road, Missionaries
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Mary P. Jayne, Baptist Missionary, and the Jesus Road
Mary P. Jayne was long-time Baptist missionary to the American Indians, particularly the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Pawnee. She dedicated her life to directing American Indians, particularly in Oklahoma, along the Jesus Road. Jayne grew up in Iowa in the Baptist … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged American Indians, baptists, books, Christianity, jesus-road, Missionaries
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Jack Kilpatrick’s Vision of Bacone College
One of the more famous Bacone alumni was Jack Kilpatrick, a Cherokee, who graduated from Bacone Junior College in 1935. Kilpatrick was a member of the men’s vocal ensemble the Singing Redmen and he was Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, Christianity
Tagged Bacone College, Christianity
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Father Murrow of Bacone College and the Jesus Road
Joseph Murrow was a Southern Baptist Missionary who spent much of his life working among the American Indians of Oklahoma, bringing Christianity to people throughout Oklahoma and Indian Territory and the State of Oklahoma. Murrow first came to Indian Territory … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Bacone College, Christianity, Missionaries, native-americans
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