Tag: Philadelphia
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Hebrews 13 -Remain in Philadelphia
13:1 ἡ φιλαδελφία μενέτω [menō philadelphia menō] Philadelphia? ‘Wait,’ you say. Philadelphia – stay in Philadelphia? If your familiarity of the New Testament extends beyond the Pennsylvania ‘city of brotherly love’ in the U.S., you may recall the importance of one of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation. Not that Philadelphia either. The author of…
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Harnedsville – Some Pennsylvania History (c.1763-1783)
PROLOGUE: My last “blog” post about my personal history was about Cortland Ohio. It featured my hometown and my Grandfather, William Alba Harned. My father was born in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. Both of his grandfathers had farms there and as a young boy I visited western Pennsylvania frequently. For now we will skip the generation of my…