by Peter James | Jun 23, 2025 | Gerhard Tersteegen
John of the Cross in the sixteenth-century coined the phrase “dark night of the soul” to describe his crisis of faith precipitated by feelings of God’s absence. The soul’s dark night can be intermittent or prolonged. In the case of Gerhard...
by Peter James | Jun 22, 2025 | Eric Milner-White
The great enemy of faith isn’t doubt. Jesus recognized a place for honest doubt in his ministry (Mark 9.24). The most formidable rival to faith is fear. Faith and fear often stand in direct opposition to each other in Scripture. Jesus’ admonition,...
by Peter James | Jun 21, 2025 | Thomas Arnold
Character development has all but disappeared from American education. In the rush to achieve higher test scores, schools have left character education off the curriculum. Value-free education will become a house of cards. Character education and academic achievement...
by Peter James | Jun 20, 2025 | St. Anselm of Canterbury
God calls some people in the Bible to assignments not of their own choosing. Take Jonah. God called him to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh. Instead, Jonah booked passage on a cruise ship bound for Tarshish. It took three days in the belly of a great fish to...
by Peter James | Jun 19, 2025 | Thomas a Kempis
Donald Jackson has been called the world’s foremost calligrapher. St John’s University in Collegeville, Minneapolis commissioned him to handwrite and illustrate the entire Bible. Don’t feel sorry for the guy! He claimed it was his dream job. He...
