by Peter James | Jun 20, 2024 | Thomas Beccon
One of the Reformation’s distinctive contributions was the conviction that every Christian has a calling. The prevailing view in the sixteenth century was that God’s calling was reserved for priests, nuns, and monks. The Reformer Martin Luther believed...
by Peter James | Jun 19, 2024 | John Donne
In December 1623, poet, and Anglican priest John Donne (1573-1631) was laid low with a life-threatening illness. It could have been the bubonic plague that was ravaging England and Europe or perhaps typhoid fever. John decided to put pen to paper and write...
by Peter James | Jun 18, 2024 | John Starck
According to my calculations, I’ve consumed 79,000 meals over the course of my life. Only a few are truly memorable: my first meal served by my future mother-in-law, the dinner where we learned of our daughter’s engagement, and dining at Wendy’s to...
by Peter James | Jun 17, 2024 | Gregory of Nyssa
Of the thirty-nine Old Testament books, none is more difficult to interpret than the Song of Songs. It has no obvious religious content, and God’s name never appears in the book. On the surface, it reads like a love poem between a bride and groom, bordering on...
by Peter James | Jun 16, 2024 | Gotfried Arnold
Church leaders branded him a radical, the enemy, and a traitor to his own denomination. Gottfried Arnold (1666-1714) hardly fits the stereotype of a militant firebrand. He was a devout and earnest Lutheran pastor who preached thoughtful sermons and wrote daily...
