by Peter James | Jan 29, 2025 | Anne Bronte
“The Bronte sisters” sounds like a singing group. They were first-rate novelists in nineteenth century England. During the Victorian era, it was considered unladylike to be a writer. That’s why these three sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, acquired...
by Peter James | Jan 28, 2025 | Eric Liddell
Langdon Gilkey wrote about his experiences at a prisoner of war camp in China during World War II. His book Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure is hardly a flattering portrait of humanity. Not only were the guards cruel, but prisoner pettiness...
by Peter James | Jan 27, 2025 | St. Ambrose
Church fights aren’t pretty. I can attest to it from personal experience! A major dispute broke out in 340 AD following the death of the bishop of Milan. There were two factions: those who affirmed Christ’s divinity (orthodox Christians) and those who opposed...
by Peter James | Jan 26, 2025 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1909-1945) is one of my heroes. For real! The courageous witness of this twentieth century Christian martyr both inspires and humbles me. Dietrich left Germany at age twenty-three for a year of post-graduate theological studies at Union...
by Peter James | Jan 25, 2025 | Peter Marshall
He had already been dead for thirty years, yet I heard plenty of stories about Peter Marshall (1902-1949) when I came to serve a church in the Washington, DC area. He was the gold standard for Presbyterian ministers back in the day. I used to frequent his church and...
