by Peter James | Mar 29, 2025 | Tertullian
Tertullian (155-220) wrote, “Prayer alone conquers God.” But I thought nothing could conquer God. I’ll say more about his quote in a moment but first some background on Tertullian. He lived in Carthage, North Africa, second only to Rome as a vital...
by Peter James | Mar 28, 2025 | St. Cyprian
The worldwide COVID pandemic caught us by surprise. We thought epidemics were a thing of the past with modern medicine at our disposal to save us. The myth of our invincibility has now been exposed. A deadly plague decimated the Roman Empire from AD 248-262. Cyprian...
by Peter James | Mar 27, 2025 | Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
The Ten Boom family who lived in the Netherlands were devout Christians who joined the Dutch resistant movement to hide Jews from Nazi authorities during the Second World War. They constructed a hiding place for six people in their home who could be sequestered for...
by Peter James | Mar 26, 2025 | Favorite, St. Augustine
Augustine (354-430) was restless. He identified his restlessness at the outset of his autobiography, Confessions, “Thou hast made us for thyself and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in thee.” As Augustine looked back over his life in 397 at age...
by Peter James | Mar 25, 2025 | William Cowper
The church I served used to sing from an old songbook the hymn, “Sometimes a Light Surprises.” While the hymn has fallen out of favor in our day, its words have never left me. Consider the way the song begins: Sometimes a light surprises, a Christian...
