Pillsbury History Guy

Occasional commentary on Christianity, culture, family, and politics . . . which previously originated from my outpost at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in southern Minnesota. After Pillsbury closed its doors in 2008, I moved back to Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. The blog name stays as is, as a reminder of pleasant days in southern Minnesota. And the history lesson of the day is: "The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire."

Monday, July 4, 2011

Independence Day (July 2011)

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For many of us, the Fourth of July is a day for parades, cookouts, baseball, fireworks, and family get-togethers.  But today is also the 235...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Change and Adjustment

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Change has been the name of the game for Nancy and me during the last several months. We moved to Greenville (SC) in late June last summer ...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Transition

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It has been three months since I lasted posted any comments on Pillsbury History Guy . As regular readers of this blog know, as well as fol...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008

The Beauty of Christmas Music

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Over on the Sharper Iron blog, they are running a thread on the "Worst Secular Christmas Songs." I would agree that folks in the...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Pillsbury College: The Last Day

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The last official day of Pillsbury Baptist Bible College has come and gone. On Friday, December 12, faculty, staff, and students ate breakf...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Pillsbury College: The Last Week

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It is the last official week at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, and we awoke to about six inches of new snow this morning. Faculty and stu...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Kennedy Assassination: 45 Years Later

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On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. It's hard to believe that it has been forty-five years since t...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Election 2008

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Now that a few days have elapsed since November 4, I would like to weigh in with a few brief thoughts concerning this year's presidentia...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

No Resources . . . No Returns . . . No Regrets

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As many of you are aware, Pillsbury Baptist Bible College will be closing its doors on December 31 of this year. Dr. Greg Huffman, who was ...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

New Pastor at Grace Baptist Church (Owatonna, Minnesota)

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Grace Baptist Church in Owatonna, Minnesota, has been without a senior pastor for the last eighteen months. On June 29, the congregation ex...
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Friday, July 4, 2008

Independence Day—2008

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Independence Day is a day of celebrating the birth of our country. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence 232 years ...
Friday, June 20, 2008

New President at Pillsbury

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We have had a quiet transition here at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College this summer. Dr. Greg Huffman became the new president of Pillsbury ...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

A Godly Example

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Thirty-five years ago, I began my teaching career at Bob Jones University.  As many of you know from reading some of my previous posts, in a...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Minnesota Weather Alert!

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Those of us who live in the Upper Midwest, and in southern Minnesota in particular, are experiencing a glorious day.  The sun is shining, th...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Interesting Thoughts on Vice Presidents

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Dr. Charles W. Dunn is a friend from my BJU days.  He has been an outstanding political science professor at the University of Illinois, Cle...
Monday, March 10, 2008

Finally . . . The End of Winter Is In Sight

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It has been a difficult winter for many folks here in the Upper Midwest.  Some of our neighbors in Wisconsin have already received over nine...
Sunday, March 9, 2008

Pillsbury College Missions Conference (2008)

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This past week, Pillsbury College hosted its annual missions conference.  We enjoyed hearing from veteran missionaries and missionaries just...
Saturday, February 2, 2008

Who Will You Vote For this Year, and Why?

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Every four years, American voters have the awesome responsibility of electing a President of the United States.  Already, this election year...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Pillsbury Baptist Bible College: Clearwaters Bible Conference

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Here at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, it is our custom to begin the second semester with the Richard Clearwaters Bible Conference.  This ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The World's Largest Swimming Pool

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With the overnight temperatures 15 degrees below zero up here in Minnesota in recent days, this story from the London Daily Mai l struck my...
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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Politics 2008

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If you are the kind of person who loves unpredictable politics, 2008 is certainly your year.  This is the first presidential election in dec...
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Christmas Vacation Over the Years

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For some thirty-five years, Nancy and I have enjoyed those wonderful days known as "Christmas Vacation."  For the last couple of d...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

G. G. Jackson (1918-2007)

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A good friend of mine recently passed away. Mr. G. G. ("Jack") Jackson was the longtime Postmaster at Bob Jones University. When...
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Japanese Square Watermelons

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Just when you thought you had seen it all, the Japanese come up with something different. This is from a BBC post about Japanese square wat...
Monday, September 3, 2007

Pillsbury Begins Its 51st Year

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Pillsbury Baptist Bible College started classes on Monday, August 27. This is Pillsbury's 51st year of operation as a Baptist Bible col...
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Thursday, August 9, 2007

Fat Cats!

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Sometime back, I wrote about how some veterinarians in England were prescribing Ritalin for cats who had "personality" issues. A ...
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Saturday, August 4, 2007

I-35W Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis

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At 6:05 P.M. on Wednesday, August 1, the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis suddenly collapsed into a heap of rubble. M...
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Friday, August 3, 2007

Sixtieth Anniversary

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As regular readers of this blog will remember, my father-in-law (Roy Crane) passed away this year on February 19. He died just a few months...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Enjoying Life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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Nancy and I (along with Tricia, Peyton, and Oscar) are enjoying a some beautiful days at the family cottage on Piatt Lake, located near Whit...
Friday, July 20, 2007

The Detroit Tigers

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On Tuesday evening this week, three of my sons (Daniel, Darrell, and Andy) attended a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minne...
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Friday, July 13, 2007

Owatonna, Minnesota: A Great Place to Live

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Nancy and I have often discussed the fact that Owatonna, Minnesota, has been a wonderful small town (population 22,000) in which to raise ou...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

The Importance of Family

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From time to time, we are reminded of the importance of our families. My mother-in-law recently visited us here in Owatonna. During the co...

A Crazy Weekend Stunt

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It seems that one Kent Couch of (who lives in Bend, Oregon) wanted to do a little flying over the weekend, but he accomplished his goal a bi...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Pillsbury Baptist Bible College: 50th Graduation

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Pillsbury Baptist Bible College held its 50th graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 5. The genesis of Pillsbury College was primarily the wo...
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David McGuire
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
I spent thirty-seven years as a history and education professor, primarily at Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC) and Pillsbury Baptist Bible College (Owatonna, MN). In the summer of 2009, my wife Nancy and I returned to Bob Jones University. I am the supervisor of the BJU Academic Success Center, and Nancy is the Instructional Resources Librarian at Mack Library. I married Nancy Ruth Crane in 1970, and we have seven children (Cynthia, Tricia, Michael, Daniel, Darrell, Matthew, and Andrew). Nancy and I have enjoyed seeing our own children grow up, and now we look forward to seeing our grandchildren go through the same process. As Dr. Bob Jones III used to say in faculty meeting, "The lines are fallen unto [us] in pleasant places." (Psalm 16:6)
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