On This Day In Christian History…

Devenick, Veiled Figure of Scottish Christianity Church history is full of evocative hints, mysterious names and side paths so eroded and overgrown with brush that we cannot force our way down them. On one of those paths lies the story of Saint Devenick (also known as Sanct Dewynnik, Devenic, Defnyk, Denick, Teavneck, or Devinicus). Traces of … Continue reading On This Day In Christian History…

On This Day In Christian History…

A Battle Won Tahiti for Christ Service had just begun on this day, November 12, 1815, in Tahiti, when musket shots rang out. Christian worshippers saw an armed throng advancing, bearing aloft their pagan god, Oro. "It is war--it is war!" they shouted. The eight hundred Christians were not taken completely by surprise. Warned secretly by someone from … Continue reading On This Day In Christian History…