by Peter James | Feb 8, 2023 | John Keble
The famous British abolitionist William Wilberforce arranged to take a vacation with his four sons in the early 1830’s. William asked each of his four sons to bring along their favorite book to read aloud to the rest. All five of them brought the same book, The...
by Peter James | Feb 7, 2023 | Tychon
Nothing is wasted where God is concerned. God can use everything in our lives for redemptive purposes. Tikhon (Timothy) of Zadonsk (1724-1783) was born into extreme poverty in Russia. He spent his childhood in hard peasant labor in exchange for a daily slice of bread....
by Peter James | Feb 6, 2023 | Anna Waring
Poetry makes up a substantial portion of the Bible. Half of the Old Testament was written in poetic form. While English poetry relies on rhyme and meter, Hebrew poetry is far more subtle. It works off imaginative wordplay and makes elaborate use of parallelism, a form...
by Peter James | Feb 5, 2023 | Thomas Watson
How can anyone REALLY claim that all things work together for good? This is the question Thomas Watson (1620-1686) addresses in his book All Things for Good. He wrote an entire book, one hundred twenty-seven pages on a single verse from Romans, “We know that in...
by Peter James | Feb 4, 2023 | F. H. Robertson
Novelist Charles Dickens called him “one of the greatest masters of elocution I ever knew.” High praise indeed! Frederick William (F.W.) Robertson (1818-1853) was born into a family of soldiers. His father was an artillery officer, his grandfather a...
