by Peter James | Oct 29, 2024 | Tertullian
Marcion of Sinope was a second century church leader who was later censured for differentiating the Old Testament God from the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament. He dismissed the Old Testament God of wrath in favor of an edited New Testament deity...
by Peter James | Oct 28, 2024 | Irenaeus of Lyons
There are hidden treasures tucked away in ancient monasteries: a professor found a fragment of the oldest Bible in an obscure eighteenth century book in an Egyptian monastery library, archeologists discovered rare gold coins hidden in an abandoned German monastery,...
by Peter James | Oct 27, 2024 | George Gillespie
Some people don’t act their age. Consider Mozart, who composed his first symphony at eight, or Joan of Arc who reversed the wartime fortunes of England at seventeen, or Pascal, who designed a calculator at nineteen. Today’s story concerns the outsized...
by Peter James | Oct 26, 2024 | John Wesley
In John Bunyan’s classic allegory, Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian sets out on a journey from his hometown of the City of Destruction to his ultimate destination in Celestial City. Another pilgrim, Hopeful, joins him on the journey. Along the way, they...
by Peter James | Oct 25, 2024 | Edward Elson
Dwight David Eisenhower was among our most religiously devout American presidents, raised with Jehovah’s Witness and Brethren (comparable to Mennonite) influences. Since both groups embraced pacifism, Eisenhower’s appointment to West Point and subsequent...
