The story goes that George Washington turned down a chance to be king—that but for his amazing self-restraint, the United States would be a monarchy today. Like so many stories of our heroes and villains, the tale of Washington refusing the crown has been oversimplified. As the Revolutionary War neared its end, an older officerContinue reading “King Washington? Judges 8:23.”
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THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES. 1 Corinthians 15:9-10.
Who was the greatest apostle? And the least? The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is as close as the Bible gets to a HALL OF FAME, but it does not answer these questions. Who wrote the most books in the Bible? Whose letters explained most of the deepest truths? Who traveled farthest in his missionary journeys?Continue reading “THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES. 1 Corinthians 15:9-10.”