July 11

1174: Amalric I who had been King of Jerusalem since 1162 passed
away.  During his reign most of the Jews
were expelled from Jerusalem; a ban that would last until 1175.

1244:
“Khorezmian Turkish horsemen launch an
attack on Jerusalem, s…

Perhaps the best book I’ve read on the topic of the Sabbath.

Back in the day (1970s) in the CoG, I thought everyone in the CoG was really CoG. It concerned me to read certain G. O. Rev. R. Leonard Carroll write his articles in the CoG Evangel (which I continue to have today) statements indicating that there were those coming into the CoG who really were […]

1. Preach the Word This first expression of guidance ought to go without saying, which most likely means we have to say it a ton: lecture the Statement. Confer at the beginning of your service to descriptive lecturing. What is descriptive lecturing? It’s the point at which the minister makes the purpose of the content to […]

This post will not be fraught with the lyrical references of my last post. It has been one of the best holiday seasons I have had in a long time. The season started with a brief visit from our friends the McMullins. They were on their way to rendezvous…

JUNE 30

713
CE: In Spain, Visigoth nobility which had held out against the invading Moslem
forces, throughout the winter of 712 finally surrendered to the Arabs. A
majority of the remaining Goths and Hispano-Roman people who lived in the newly
acquire…

JUNE 29

1096: Crusaders massacred the Jews of Mehr.

1106: Moses Sephardi was baptized at Huseca, Spain
and took the name of Petrus Alphonsi, the noted “physician, writer, astronomer
and polemicist.”  Among those who took
issue with Alphonsi’s mu…