Posts Tagged ‘King James’

Mar 27, 2013

Website highlights Christian persecution by being “hip”

This is not a cold building with a dusty King James Bible and an unopened  hymnal sitting on a pew. This is a ministry that tries to be tuned in to today’s world and is run by,  believe it or not, a Hollywood resident. “What separates our site from groups like Open Doors and Voice [...]

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Dec 23, 2011

Handel’s Messiah: Still a favorite 270 years later

Originally used as evangelistic tool to get Gospel to masses by Matt Lacy – While many have been moved by the Hallelujah chorus of Handel’s Messiah, many may be shocked to learn the piece was originally intended to be used as a tool to reach the masses with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. George Frederic [...]

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Nov 20, 2011

Queen Elizabeth honors Authorized King James Bible

by Jack Minor – Just as one of her predecessors had done, Queen Elizabeth paid homage to the King James Bible last week. During the week of her coronation, Queen Victoria went to hear Handel’s Messiah in the Royal Lodge. The Messiah was what is known as an oratorio, which is a musical composition similar [...]

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Dec 10, 2010

King James Bible number one 400 years later

Still influences our languageby Jack Minor It has been called the height of Elizabethan English and transformed the world by helping to solidify English as the world’s dominant language.  Its phrases are still in common use today. It is the King James Bible and it turns 400 next year.  While Christianity has seen many English [...]

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