Early Monday morning, July 20, 1925, Judge John T. Raulston decided to move the trial outside to a makeshift platform on the courthouse lawn. The courtroom floor had begun to crack under the weight of the crowds. By this time, the legal aspect of the trial was over; John T. Scopes would be convicted of teaching Darwinism in the public school. Clarence Darrow, however, America’s premier defense attorney and proud agnostic, had one more hand to play. Having lost the litigious battle, he focused his attention to winning the culture war. In a move to discredit his enemies, he […]

  John Venn was rector of Clapham Church from 1792 until his death and a friend of William Wilberforce, Henry Thornton, and Charles Simeon. He was also the first chairman of the Church Missionary Society and chaplain to the Clapham Sect, a community of believers who sought to encourage one another to live out vocationally the implications of the gospel of Christ.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Proverbs 22:7