Many people labor under the...
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Many people labor under the assumption that history is swayed primarily by the movers and shakers, the "headline people." But this scripture brings us to a place where untold numbers of obscure and otherwise nameless people sing praises to God. The people are from every nation, every tribe and every color. They speak every imaginable language. The great British historian Herbert H. Butterfield concludes, "The ordinary historian ... does not think to point out ... that in this year, as in so many previous years, thousands and thousands of priests and ministers were preaching the gospel week in and week out, constantly reminding the farmer and the shopkeeper of charity and humility, persuading them to think for a moment about the great issues of life, and inducing them to confess their sins. Yet this was a phenomenon calculated greatly to alter the quality of life and the very texture of human history ... Christianity and History p. 170 [p.b. edition]."
The scripture points to otherwise unheralded people for whom the gospel has changed life.
The scripture points to otherwise unheralded people for whom the gospel has changed life.
