July 21, 1958
English Christian apologist C.S. Lewis asserted in Letters to an American Lady: “What the devil loves is that vague cloud of unspecified guilt or unspecified virtue by which he lures us into despair or presumption.”
July 13, 1886
Father Edward Flanagan, Roman Catholic parish priest born in Roscommon, Ireland. He came to the U.S. in 1904 to receive his education, and was ordained in 1912. Flanagan served churches in Nebraska from 1912-16. Feeling an increasing need to help boys before they became hardened in crime and believing there was “no such thing as a bad boy,” Flanagan organized his Home for Homeless Boys outside Omaha, Nebraska, renaming it Boys Town in 1922. It was his aim to develop character in the boys by supplementing vocational training with social and religious education.
July 6, 1970
American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer noted in a letter:
“There are indeed many reasons why we should go on living, and the largest one is that God really is there. He really does exist, and He made us for himself. …to know that we can speak and that there is Someone who will answer fills the vacuum of life that would otherwise be present.”
Pledge of Allegiance Historical Facts
An American Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), wrote the pledge in August of 1892. The original pledge read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. The pledge was first published in 1892 in the September editions of “Youth’s Companion Magazine” and “Reader’s Digest”.
Under the leadership of the American Legion and the Daughters of the American Revolution, the pledge’s words were changed slightly in 1924, when the National flag Conference decided to replace “my flag” with “to the flag of the United States of America”.
After a campaign fronted by the Knights of Columbus, the words, “under God” were added by Congress in 1954.
Vacation Bible School
Come join us as we follow Moses and the people of Israel through their wilderness travels.
This year’s VBS – August 3-8 from 6:30-8:30 pm
Here at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church
Sponsored by
The Wichita Cooperative ABC Churches.
