by Peter James | Apr 10, 2024 | Edward Perronet
They were both passionate and strong-willed. John Wesley had heard about the gifted young preacher Edward Perronet (1726-1797), and was eager to hear him. Since Wesley was eighteen years his senior and the elder statesman in the Methodist movement, Edward felt...
by Peter James | Apr 9, 2024 | Gregory the Great
Most of my sermons follow a predictable pattern. I begin by attempting to draw people into the message, aware that most congregants decide in the first minute or so whether they will give full attention to the sermon. The middle portion of my message seeks to engage...
by Peter James | Apr 8, 2024 | N. T. Wright
The day between Good Friday and Easter, Holy Saturday, is one of the most confusing days in the Christian calendar, situated halfway between the agony of Good Friday and the joy of Easter. Nothing much happens on that first Holy Saturday. Jesus’ body has already...
by Peter James | Apr 7, 2024 | Christina Rosetti
It seems counterintuitive to call the day on which Jesus died “Good Friday.” The phrase likely originated in the Middle Ages. Jesus’ death on the cross is good in what it accomplishes–death to our sins and the harbinger of our resurrection to...
by Peter James | Apr 6, 2024 | Veit Dietrich
It was a most unlikely marriage. The former monk Martin Luther had to find husbands for nineteen nuns who fled convent life to join the Reformation movement. One ex-nun, Katie von Bora, insisted she would only marry Martin Luther and prevailed upon him until he...
