This Day In Christian History: July 2

0311
Miltiades was elected 32nd pope of the Catholic Church. During his pontificate,Christianity was finally tolerated by Rome, following the Emperor Constantine’s conversionto the Christian faith.
1489
Birth of Thomas Cranmer, first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and primaryauthor of the ‘Book of Common Prayer’ and ‘Thirty-Nine Articles’ of the Anglican Church.
1752
The first Bible in America printed in English was published in Boston.
1918
Death of Washington Gladden, 82, a popular Congregational theologian of the SocialGospel. He also authored the hymn, ‘O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee.’
1930
Pioneer linguistic educator Frank C. Laubach wrote in a letter: ‘[God has saidto me,] If I do not speak to you in words at times, it is because the reality all about youis greater than the imperfect symbols of things which you have in words.’

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Safest Place On Earth

Taken from Oneplace.com and Discover the Book radio program
The Safest Spot in the Universe
by Dr. John Barnett
The safest spot on earth is just outside Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is a super secure military command center called NORAD. There in the Rockies, under Cheyenne Mountain, a mile deep in the granite corridors, is the heart of America’s missile defense center.
The main entrance to the complex is approximately one-third of a mile from the North Portal via a tunnel which leads to a pair of steel Blast Doors each weighing 25 tons. Behind the 25-ton blast doors is a steel building complex built within a 4.5 acre grid of excavated chambers and tunnels and surrounded by 2,000 feet of granite. Excavation began for the new NORAD Combat Operations Center in Cheyenne Mountain in May 1961. The excavation was nearly complete one year later.

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