by Peter James | Jan 23, 2025 | Michael Counsell
I was sorting through my library after retiring from full time pastoral ministry. During my time in church ministry, building a library was one of the pastoral tools of the trade. Now, we go online for everything, including Greek exegesis! It was painful to part with...
by Peter James | Jan 22, 2025 | William Ames
William Ames (1576-1633) was no stranger to controversy. A promising career as a college professor lay ahead of him but he was a card-carrying Puritan, who sought to purify the Church of England of its excesses. As a newly appointed professor at Cambridge University...
by Peter James | Jan 21, 2025 | Paul Tripp
The idea for this prayer initiative began in a small, unassuming way. My cousin Elizabeth was in ICU recovering from back surgery. Since the doctors suspected that she had contracted COVID, she was not permitted visitors and was treated by nurses in hazmat suits....
by Peter James | Jan 20, 2025 | Jr., Martin Luther King
It was in a seminary preaching class that I came to a deeper appreciation of Martin Luther King. Jr. (1929-1968). Our class was studying great sermons from American history and listened to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech on August 28, 1963, as the...
by Peter James | Jan 19, 2025 | Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was full of worldly ambition when he enrolled at the University of Paris. He shared a dorm room with Ignatius of Loyola, several years older and already well along in faith. Francis resisted Ignatius’ overtures to follow Christ, but...
