by Peter James | Jan 13, 2025 | Paul Gerhardt
According to a nineteenth century biographer, Paul Gerhardt (1606-1676) was “trained in the school of affliction.” He studied for the ministry during a calamitous period of the Thirty Years War. He was called to serve a church in Berlin, only to be...
by Peter James | Jan 12, 2025 | Georgia Harkness
America was riding high in the saddle in the early twentieth century. We were flexing our economic and political muscles on the international stage. New inventions and technologies were taking hold. Our progress seemed inevitable.Georgia Harkness was born in 1891 in...
by Peter James | Jan 11, 2025 | Martin of tours
He may be the first conscientious objector in recorded history. Martin of Tours (316-397) aspired to begin the catechumen (apprentice) process to join a Christian church at the tender age of ten, contrary to his parent’s wishes. As a decorated military officer,...
by Peter James | Jan 10, 2025 | Thomas Goodwin
It was a watershed day in the life of Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680). He was twenty years old, a student at Cambridge in England. In the words of one biographer, Thomas had been dividing his time between “making merry and becoming a celebrity preacher.” From...
by Peter James | Jan 9, 2025 | Pudens
Pudens was a soldier, an assistant in charge of the Carthage prison. He was on duty when six prisoners from a small town were brought to the jail awaiting trial. The charge against them was a refusal to offer sacrifice to the emperor. They were Christians preparing...
