Teachings & Devotionals
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15 teachings
A description of the 1923 volume that combines spiritual autobiography, revival chronicle, and sermon collection, and states the thesis of early Pentecostalism in three words taken from Acts 2.
Clark Pickett·August 1, 2026·7 min read
ReadNathaniel Van Cleave's 1992 history is the closest thing Foursquare has to an official narrative of its formative decades. Here is what it covers, what it does well, and where a reader should read with care.
Clark Pickett·August 1, 2026·6 min read
ReadAimee Semple McPherson and the first generation of Quakers are closer than they look. Both believed apostolic Christianity could be recovered. They disagreed about how you would know when it had been.
Clark Pickett·August 1, 2026·7 min read
ReadContinuing the Friends history series: William Penn's royal charter, his Frame of Government, his dealings over land, and the biblical convictions behind the Holy Experiment.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·8 min read
ReadContinuing a series on Friends history: William Penn as George Fox's trusted friend and fellow laborer, and the sweeping Preface in which he explained Fox to the world.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·7 min read
ReadContinuing the series on Friends history: the American Friends Service Committee, the Friends Disaster Service, and two complementary ways Quakers have answered the call to love a neighbor.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·7 min read
ReadAn article in the Friends history series: how twelve Quakers answered a suspicious king in 1660, what their declaration actually said, and why it still echoes.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·7 min read
ReadContinuing a series on Friends history: Robert Barclay, the young Scot who sailed with George Fox, pleaded the Quaker case before kings and ambassadors, and wrote the Apology.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·7 min read
ReadContinuing a series on Friends history: William Penn wrote No Cross, No Crown in prison, arguing that no crown of glory comes without the daily cross of obedience.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·7 min read
ReadFrom the Friends history series: Elizabeth Fry's conversion at Norwich, her work among the women of Newgate, her influence abroad, and an honest weighing of what she accomplished.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·8 min read
ReadOur series on Friends history steps into the twentieth century with D. Elton Trueblood: philosopher, teacher, prolific author, and a Friend respected across every branch of the Society.
Clark Pickett·July 16, 2026·7 min read
ReadA reflective essay in the Friends history series: the Society's remarkable record of social reform, and how a Christian can weigh the achievements and the hard questions with both honesty and grace.
Clark Pickett·July 15, 2026·7 min read
ReadThe third article in a series on Friends history: the quiet New Jersey tailor whose lifelong appeal to conscience helped lead the Quakers, and eventually the wider world, away from slavery.
Clark Pickett·July 15, 2026·7 min read
ReadThe second article in a series on Friends history: Margaret Fell Fox's conversion at Swarthmoor Hall, her leadership of the early movement, her ten years in prison, and her marriage to George Fox.
Clark Pickett·July 8, 2026·6 min read
ReadThe first article in a series on Friends history: George Fox's life and ministry, the movement he founded, and where the nickname Quaker actually came from.
Clark Pickett·July 7, 2026·6 min read
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