by Peter James | Apr 25, 2025 | Joy Davidman Gresham
He was a well-known British novelist and Oxford professor; she was an American poet and accomplished writer. He supported democracy; she had been a member of the American Communist Party. He wrote children’s stories; she was a child prodigy. He was a middle-aged...
by Peter James | Apr 24, 2025 | Melito of Sardis
Archeologists made a fascinating discovery in 1940 while digging through ancient manuscripts in an Egyptian monastery. Hidden among these forgotten parchments was a sermon dating to AD 160-170. Outside of the New Testament, it’s the oldest Easter homily on...
by Peter James | Apr 23, 2025 | Hippolytus
While I continue to pray about the war in Ukraine, I wrestle with the efficacy of my personal prayers in the face of such monstrous evil. There is a story told about a political meeting in Kiev that correlates to this Easter season. The powerful Russian communist...
by Peter James | Apr 22, 2025 | Gregory of Nazianzus
The year was AD 379 during the Easter season. A mob broke into a church, attacked the congregation, wounded the preacher and killed a bishop. No, they were not terrorists. They were followers of Arius, who had previously served the church as priest and who opposed any...
by Peter James | Apr 21, 2025 | Gregory the Great
There have been good popes and bad popes. Gregory the Great (540-604) was a good pope, one of the best. The sixteenth century Protestant reformer John Calvin overstated matters to call Gregory “the last good pope.” There are three popes from history who...
