by Peter James | Feb 28, 2023 | Thomas Merton
His route to faith in Christ was circuitous. While Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was baptized in the Church of England, he had little religious upbringing. He lived a wild and reckless life in New York City. During his early years at Columbia University, he considered...
by Peter James | Feb 27, 2023 | Johann Frelinghuysen
Orthodox means right thinking. Someone who is orthodox in faith is thinking right about God. Dead orthodoxy is a way of describing right thinking that leads nowhere. What good is orthodoxy (right thinking) if it doesn’t lead to orthopraxy (right behavior)? ...
by Peter James | Feb 26, 2023 | John Foxe
I am in close contact with a Christian engaged in ministry in a Muslim-dominated country. It’s risky, dangerous work. He relays chilling accounts of Christians martyred for their identification with Christ. Todd Johnson who directs the Center for the Study of...
by Peter James | Feb 25, 2023 | Sir Jacob Astley
His prayer is famous in the annals of British history, “O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not forget me.” What is striking about the prayer is that this British general entered it in his diary on the eve before the...
by Peter James | Feb 24, 2023 | Thomas Cranmer
Courage and cowardice can exist in the same person. I can attest to it. I alternate between a wimp and a Braveheart. I recognize a similar tendency in Thomas Cranmer (1489-1566), a leader of the Protestant Reformation. He orchestrated the writing of the 1549 Book of...
