Posts by David Potter
Olde World Baptists: Mihály Kornya, the Peasant Prophet (part 3)
David Potter This post is the third in a series concerning the life and ministry of Mihály Kornya, the Peasant Prophet, who preached the Gospel for more than 30 years in Hungary and Romania. (Part One; Part Two) Dauntless As Kornya entered a village where he was scheduled to preach, he saw two men standing…
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This post is the second in a series concerning the life and ministry of Mihály Kornya, the Peasant Prophet, who preached the Gospel for more than 30 years in Hungary and Romania – (Part 1 here). We know that Kornya’s evangelistic work started early. In the oldest roster of members of the Salonta church, Kornya…
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David Potter This is the first in a series of posts about the life of Mihály (Michael) Kornya, who, along with his friend and colleague Mihály Toth, were known as the Peasant Prophets. His exploits for God are legendary. Many older people who live in the towns and villages of the areas where Kornya preached…
Read MoreA Modest Proposal
David Potter The hysteria over the recent school shootings set me to thinking about protecting our children. The knee-jerk reaction of many people is to want to ban guns. Ironically, most of the celebrities and politicians who call for banning guns for ordinary people have armed body guards 24/7. Protection for me but not for…
Read MoreWho was praising God in Luke 2:14?
Grammatical notes on Luke 2:13 David Potter “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,…” A Christmas meditation: it starts out pretty technically, but stay with me to the end. It will be worth it. Our verse could be translated literally, ‘multitude of the host of…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists: Janos Lajos
David Potter While hardly anyone has ever heard of Janos Lajos (John Louis), he should be remembered as a Baptist hero. A group of earnest Christians met for Bible study and prayer in Lajos’ home in Salonta, in what is now Bihoria, in the western region of Transylvania in Romania. In the early 1870’s, they…
Read MoreLove not the World – Review
A Review of Randy Leedy: Love not the World: Winning the War against Worldliness This is our second review of this book. We add it to our list of reviews because we want to draw more attention to Dr. Leedy’s excellent volume. You can find our first review here. David Potter Charges and countercharges of…
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