by Peter James | Mar 31, 2023 | William Tyndale
In the early 1500’s, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in England thought it was heretical to translate the Bible into common, everyday speech. Since Latin was considered the sacred language of Scripture, translating it into English was a crime punishable by...
by Peter James | Mar 30, 2023 | John Knox
There was bad blood between Protestants and Catholics in the 16th century. Protestant John Knox (1514-1572) was a galley slave for nineteen months on a French ship. During the celebration of Mass on board ship, every slave was required to show veneration to a wooden...
by Peter James | Mar 29, 2023 | Tertullian
Tertullian (155-220) wrote, “Prayer alone conquers God.” But I thought nothing could conquer God. I’ll say more about his quote in a moment but first some background on Tertullian. He lived in Carthage in North Africa, second only to Rome as a...
by Peter James | Mar 28, 2023 | St. Cyprian
The worldwide COVID pandemic caught us by surprise. We thought epidemics were a thing of the past with modern medicine at our disposal to save us. The myth of our invincibility has now been exposed. A deadly plague decimated the Roman Empire from 248-262AD. Cyprian...
by Peter James | Mar 27, 2023 | Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
The Ten Boom family who lived in the Netherlands were devout Christians who joined the Dutch resistant movement to hide Jews from Nazi authorities during the Second World War. They constructed a hiding place for six people in their home who could be sequestered for...
