by Peter James | Aug 26, 2024 | Pectorius of Autun
Food can assume exaggerated importance in our lives. Fasting is one way to bring these appetites under control. People in the Bible fast from food for all sorts of reasons. David fasts for the health of his gravely ill son. Esther fasts before she makes a bold request...
by Peter James | Aug 25, 2024 | Peter Kreeft
Peter Kreeft (1937-) has been a professor of philosophy for thirty-eight years at Boston College. Among his forty books, he wrote A Prayer for Beginners. It is, as advertised, a simple, direct treatment of prayer for novices. Peter admits, after years of actively...
by Peter James | Aug 24, 2024 | Clementine Liturgy
The Thirty Years War from 1618-1648 was one of the most destructive wars in European history. It started as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics over religious freedom and escalated into a major political power struggle. Not quite what Jesus had in...
by Peter James | Aug 23, 2024 | Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) was raised in a Christian family. His father and grandfather were both pastors. When he was fifteen, he decided to visit every house of worship in Colchester, England, to learn the way of salvation. On Sunday morning, January 6, 1850, he...
by Peter James | Aug 22, 2024 | Benjamin Tucker Tanner
You can make the Bible say most anything you want. Here’s how it works. Extrapolate a passage from its immediate context, ignore its original intent, and exploit it to suit your own agenda. The practice is called proof-texting, and it’s lethal in its...
