Author: Marius Sodonis

Follower of Jesus Christ, Professional Acrobat-in Training, and friend. I like to cook and I love to eat.

Peter Muhlenberg

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About Peter Muhlenberg

Peter Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. A Lutheran minister, he served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Pennsylvania.

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The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

Corrie Ten Boom

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“The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but it’s donation.”

 

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About Corrie Ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom and her family helped many Jewish people flee the terror of the Nazis. As a result, her family members were sent to concentration camps, where most of them died. She later travelled the world with the message, “There is no pit within God’s will where His great love is not deeper still.”

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The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

Anna Warner

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Author, Hymn Writer, American Patriot, Master Gardener

 

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About Anna Warner

Anna Warner, along with her sister. Susan, was an author and hymn writer during the 19th century. She is most remembered for writing the hymn “Jesus Loves Me”. Since the two sisters lived on Constitution Island, just across the Hudson River from West Point, New York, they were able to have a thriving outreach to the cadets attending the academy for over 40 years.

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The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

Fanny Crosby

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About Fanny Crosby

Blinded as an infant by an incompetent doctor, Fanny never pitied herself because of her condition. She attended, and later taught at, New York Institute for the Blind, where her gift for writing poetry came into full blossom. The first woman to address Congress, friend of Presidents, and one who deeply loved children, her 6,000 hymns such as “Blessed Assurance,” “Rescue the Perishing,” and “To God be the Glory,” have inspired untold millions.

About the Program

The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

George Whitfield

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About George Whitfield

George Whitefield was born at Gloucester in 1714. His mother kept the Bell Inn. At the age of fifteen Whitefield appears to have left school, and to have given up Latin and Greek for a season. He began to help her in the daily work of the Bell Inn. At the early age of twenty-two Whitefield was admitted to holy orders by Bishop Benson of Gloucester, on Trinity Sunday, 1736                      

Almost immediately after his ordination, Whitefield went to Oxford and took his degree as Bachelor of Arts. He then commenced his regular ministerial life by undertaking temporary duty at the Tower Chapel, London, for two months. While engaged there he preached continually in many London churches; and among others, in the parish churches of Islington, Bishopsgate, St Dunstan’s, St Margaret’s, Westminster, and Bow, Cheapside. From the very first he obtained a degree of popularity such as no preacher, before or since, has probably ever reached. Whether on week-days or Sundays, wherever he preached, the churches were crowded, and an immense sensation was produced. The plain truth is, that a really eloquent, extempore preacher, preaching the pure gospel with most uncommon gifts of voice and manner, was at that time an entire novelty in London. The congregations were taken by surprise and carried by storm.

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The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

 

Benjamin Rush

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About Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush was an American physician, politician and educator who is best known for his activities during the American Revolution and for signing the Declaration of Independence. Rush studied at Princeton University and then went on for a medical degree at Edinburgh University. He subsequently returned to Philadelphia to begin his medical practice and pursue publishing. A member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Rush also founded Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

 In 1773 he contributed editorial essays to the papers about the patriot cause and also joined the American Philosophical Society. He was active in the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia during that time. In June of 1776 he was elected to attend the provincial conference to send delegates to the Continental Congress. In 1777 he was appointed surgeon-general of the middle department of the Continental Army.

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The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

Susanna Wesley

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About Susanna Wesley

Born in London in 1669, Susanna Wesley was the youngest child of Dr. Annesley, a prominent dissenting minister who gave every attention to her education.  At age 19, she met and married Samuel Wesley, a curate in London, who was earning a meager income of £30 a year. During the first 20 years of this marriage which extended over a period of 46 years, Susanna Wesley had 19 children of the 19, only 10 survived infancy. Often times, Susanna was solely responsible for watching all of her children on her own. Because of the family’s constant struggle with poverty, the task of educating the ten children had been left to Susanna, and for six hours a day for 20 years, she continued this work. She believed in forming children’s minds by “conquering their will and bringing them to an obedient temper,” Each night of the week was set aside for one child.

About the Program

The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

Elizabeth Elliot

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More can be found about Elizabeth Elliot at… http://www.elisabethelliot.org/

 

All of her books and CD’s such as “Suffering is Never for Nothing”, “Beyond the Gates of Splendor” , “Devotedly” and so many more can be ordered from her website as well. 

 

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About Elizabeth Elliot

Elizabeth Elliot was born to a missionary family in 1965. She received her degree at Wheaton college where she met her husband, Jim Elliot, she later attended Prairie Bible Institute for a year of post grad work. Elizabeth and her husband were called by the Lord to serve among the  Quichua  people in Ecuador. Her husband was speared to death while trying to make contact with the Huaorani tribe. After witnessing to the Huaorani tribe for two years, she returned to the United States.

She spent the remainder of her years writing books, teaching others about the Lord, and sharing her experiences in a public speaking setting. Elizabeth Elliot was known as one of the most influential Christian women of our time.

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The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

Elizabeth Prentiss

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About Elizabeth Prentiss

Elizabeth Prentiss (1818-1873) spent most of her life in the eastern United States. At the age of 13, Elizabeth trusted the Lord as her Savior, and by age 16, she was an accomplished writer. She taught in school and also served as a pastor’s wife. Although her health was a challenger to her, Elizabeth was able to have children. Her more popular works of the hymn, “More Love to Thee” and the book, Stepping Heavenward are still highly regarded today. Mrs. Prentiss has had several books written about her life including, The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss and Elizabeth Prentiss: More Love to Thee by Sharon James.

About the Program

The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.

Amusing Ourselves to Death Book Review

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Amusing Ourselves to Death

 

Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business 
by Neil Postman

A recent Nielsen study found that the average American watches four and a half hours of television a day. That amounts to twelve continuous hours by age 65. It cannot be denied that, in the twenty-first century, entertainment is a very significant part of our lives.

In his book, Postman does not argue, even though the title might suggest, that entertainment is harmful. Entertainment can very well be a good thing. The issue comes when we turn serious modes of public discourse, like news, politics, education, and religion, into entertainment. By carefully curating all of these subjects into thirty-minute segments (sometimes even 30 seconds) as modern broadcasting has done, we have changed their purpose. They are no longer intended to inform but to excite. One study conducted found that 51 percent of viewers could not recall a single item of news a few minutes after viewing a news program on television. Another study found that 21 percent of television viewers could not recall any news items within one hour of broadcast. Something seems wrong here.

As Dr. Mark Mitchell noted, it becomes a problem when serious things are treated frivolously and frivolous things, seriously. Entertainment ought to be enjoyed as a means to an end, not as an end in itself. This book will help you understand the difference.

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