by Peter James | Jun 20, 2023 | St. Anselm of Canterbury
God calls some people in the Bible to assignments not of their own choosing. Take Jonah. God called him to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh. Instead, Jonah booked passage on a cruise ship bound for Tarshish. It took three days in the belly of a great fish to...
by Peter James | Jun 19, 2023 | Thomas a Kempis
Donald Jackson has been called the world’s foremost calligrapher. St John’s University in Collegeville, Minneapolis commissioned him to handwrite and illustrate the entire Bible. Don’t feel sorry for the guy! He claimed it was his dream job. He...
by Peter James | Jun 18, 2023 | Albrecht Durer
His father wanted him to be a goldsmith, the family business, but his son aspired to become an artist. Some of you will identify with choosing a career path contrary to parental wishes. His father said he couldn’t afford to send him to art school and who could...
by Peter James | Jun 17, 2023 | John Cennick
John Cennick (1718-1755) recalled an event from his childhood which had lasting impact on him. As his impoverished aunt lay dying, she gave a stirring testimony to her salvation in Christ. “Who calls me poor? I am rich in Christ. I’ve got Christ. This...
by Peter James | Jun 16, 2023 | Ephrem the Syrian
In his three-volume, eight-hundred-page work, Center Church, the late pastor Tim Keller devotes the entirety of his second volume to city ministry. He believed it was a primary biblical strategy for the early church to evangelize cities and appeals to churches in the...
