May 19 363: For a second day in a row, a series of earthquakes that took place along a fault-line stretching from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba...
Tag: ‘history
This Day, December 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 25 0337(14th of Tevet, 4098): Earliest possible date on which Christmas was reported to have been celebrated on December 25th. 496:...
This Week in AG History — Nov. 24, 1974
Historian and theologian William W. Menzies gave thanks for the heritage of the Assemblies of God as he examined seven characteristics of early...
This Day, December 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 9 1212: In Mainz, coronation of Frederick II as King of Germany during whose reign the Jewish “community of Austria began to flourish” due...
This Week in AG History — Jan. 26, 1975
Highland's Child Placement Service has expanded and evolved over the decades to touch and change the trajectory of the lives of thousands of babies,...
How the Psalms have been central to worship through history
The Psalms have played an important role in Jewish and Christian tradition from ancient times until today. It is the oldest continually used...
This Day, May 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 16 0942(21st of Iyar, 4702): Saadia Gaon passed away. Born in 882, Saadia Gaon was the head of the Talmudic Academy of Sura (Babylonia). He was...
This Day, April 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 21 753 BCE: According to tradition, on this date Romulus and Remus founded Rome. Considering the impact that Rome would have on the Jewish...
This Week in AG History — May 10, 1947
Pentecostal Evangel editor Stanley Frodsham praises those with the foresight to create the National Association of Evangelicals, which also created...