by Peter James | May 31, 2023 | Johann Sebastian Bach
Christian Riedel attended a conference in 1934 for Lutheran pastors in Michigan. He stayed with his cousin who showed him an old Bible he had found with other discarded books. Christian recognized Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685-1750) original signature on the...
by Peter James | May 30, 2023 | Johannes Tauler
Americans have an aversion to suffering. All pain must be medicated, and suffering must be avoided at all costs. Yet who are we kidding? Suffering is inevitable and comes indiscriminately to all. Our spiritual forebears were realistic about suffering. One could not...
by Peter James | May 29, 2023 | Jacob Duche
The first prayer of the Continental Congress was offered in 1774. The English Parliament had just passed the Intolerable Acts to punish Boston for its anti-British sentiment. The American colonies responded by convening the first Continental Congress to challenge the...
by Peter James | May 28, 2023 | Gordon Fee
I was twenty-five when I entered Gordon Conwell Seminary. Three years of campus ministry in tandem with my wife Chris showed me how little I knew of the Bible, Christian theology and leading a church. My introductory New Testament class was taught by Gordon Fee...
by Peter James | May 27, 2023 | Miles Coverdale
No preacher was available to deliver the sermon at London’s St. Magnus the Martyr Church on Sunday January 29, 1569. Whether the scheduled preacher was ill, or a no-show remains unclear. Miles Coverdale (1488-1569) had been honorably retired from the church for...
