by Peter James | Dec 26, 2024 | Augustine of Hippo
I have completed nearly two years’ worth of prayer posts (726, to be exact!). Some people I’ve highlighted for prayer multiple times, no one more so than Augustine of Hippo (350-430), whose prayers I have featured six times. I have shared in earlier...
by Peter James | Dec 25, 2024 | Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1621) had a wonderful way with words. His sermons were full of imaginative metaphors and elaborate wordplays. It’s no surprise that he became the leading translator for the King James Version Bible. He aspired to master one new language...
by Peter James | Dec 24, 2024 | Madeline L’Engle
I have long appreciated Madeline L’Engle’s (1918-2007) transparency and open-handed vulnerability in her writing. “Faith is what makes life bearable,” she wrote. “I need a God who is with us always, everywhere, in the deepest depths as well as the highest heights.”...
by Peter James | Dec 23, 2024 | O Emmanuel
Matthew introduces Jesus to his readers with the words, “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means God with us” (Mt. 1.22-23)....
by Peter James | Dec 22, 2024 | O King of the Nations
A team of archeologists in 1899 excavated the ancient ruins of Priene, located in western Turkey today. They uncovered from the city’s ancient marketplace two stones from 9BC celebrating the birthday of Caesar Augustus, the Roman Emperor in power when Jesus was...
