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...
by Peter James | Jan 8, 2025 | Ulrich Zwingli
COVID punctured a hole in our veneer of invincibility. Who could have ever conceived of a worldwide pandemic in the twenty first century? Plagues were only something we read about in history books. Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) was a stalwart of the Protestant...
by Peter James | Jan 7, 2025 | Francis Asbury
John Wesley asked a gathering of English Methodists, “Our brethren in America call aloud for help. Who will go?” Francis Asbury (1745-1816), a twenty-six-year-old itinerant preacher, was one who answered the call. He said goodbye to his parents and set...
by Peter James | Jan 6, 2025 | Douglass Steere
Imagine a church sanctuary without a pulpit, communion table, choir loft or organ. The worship space is simple and functional in design. Wooden benches face each other, the back pews slightly elevated to improve sight lines. Douglas Steere (1901-1995) describes a...
