by Peter James | Aug 24, 2024 | Clementine Liturgy
The Thirty Years War from 1618-1648 was one of the most destructive wars in European history. It started as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics over religious freedom and escalated into a major political power struggle. Not quite what Jesus had in...
by Peter James | Aug 23, 2024 | Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) was raised in a Christian family. His father and grandfather were both pastors. When he was fifteen, he decided to visit every house of worship in Colchester, England, to learn the way of salvation. On Sunday morning, January 6, 1850, he...
by Peter James | Aug 22, 2024 | Benjamin Tucker Tanner
You can make the Bible say most anything you want. Here’s how it works. Extrapolate a passage from its immediate context, ignore its original intent, and exploit it to suit your own agenda. The practice is called proof-texting, and it’s lethal in its...
by Peter James | Aug 21, 2024 | Matt Mayer/Matt Redman
When our children were young, they loved watching Sesame Street. True confession: I enjoyed watching it with them. The puppets are simply the best. Forgetful Jones, dressed in cowboy attire with his girlfriend Clementine, were among my favorites. True to his name,...
by Peter James | Aug 20, 2024 | Dorothy Day
Doubt gets a bad rap in church circles. To my way of thinking, unbelief is the antithesis of faith, not doubt. Doubt is somewhere in the middle, suspended halfway between belief and unbelief. Doubt can go either way. There are two kinds of doubt in Scripture. There is...
