by Peter James | Sep 30, 2023 | Watchman Nee
A dramatic shift is well underway. The influence of Christianity is declining in the US, much as it has in Europe in recent years. Yet the number of Christian converts has been surging in Africa, Latin America and Asia. The church in China is flourishing. Nobody saw...
by Peter James | Sep 29, 2023 | Dorothy L. Sayers
She worked for a London ad agency by day, writing jingles for Colman’s Mustard and Guinness Beer. She coined the phrase, “It pays to advertise.” By night, Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) wrote mystery novels during the male-dominated golden age of...
by Peter James | Sep 28, 2023 | Henry Highland Garnet
He was the first African American to speak in the House of Representatives chamber. He was born into slavery in Maryland but escaped with his family to freedom, aided by the Underground Railroad. The school he attended was burned to the ground by an angry mob who...
by Peter James | Sep 27, 2023 | Karl Barth
History has shown that church-run states don’t work. Neither do state-run churches. Nazi leadership took control of the German Evangelical Church in 1933. Clergy were pressured to preach the superiority of the Aryan race and espouse Nazi ideology. A group of...
by Peter James | Sep 26, 2023 | Fulton Sheen
An eight-year-old altar boy was assigned to assist a bishop in serving the Eucharist. He dropped the container holding the wine (called a cruet) on the floor and it shattered. After Communion, the bishop sought out the frightened boy and made two bold predictions: he...
