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Thomas Merton

His journey 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...

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)? ...

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...

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...

Thomas Cranmer

Courage and cowardice can exist in the same person. I can attest to it. I alternate between a wimp and having a brave heart. I recognize a similar tendency in Thomas Cranmer (1489-1566), a leader in the Protestant Reformation. He orchestrated the writing of the 1549...