by Peter James | Feb 6, 2024 | Walter Brueggeman
I’ve heard it said that everyone has a book in them. Christopher Hitchens once commented in a C-SPAN discussion on new book releases, “Everybody has a book in them which is exactly where it should, in most cases, remain.” Some books are better left...
by Peter James | Feb 5, 2024 | John Calvin
The city council of Geneva banished John Calvin (1509-1564) from his church. Let’s just say, it’s complicated! John was invited to lead a church of French refugees in Strasbourg. Jean and Idelette Stordeur, who also fled religious persecution, were...
by Peter James | Feb 4, 2024 | A.W. Tozer
Aiden Wilson (A.W.) Tozer (1897-1963) traveled by train in the early 1940s on a speaking engagement in Texas from his Chicago home. Once he commenced writing, he couldn’t put it down. He wrote furiously all night long. By the time the train pulled into the...
by Peter James | Feb 3, 2024 | John Newton
William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) suffered a mental breakdown in 1763 and was sent to St. Albans Insane Asylum in England. Six weeks into his stay, he found a Bible on a bench left by his doctor. William read with fascination the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from...
by Peter James | Feb 2, 2024 | Dag Hammarskjold
The plane in which Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) was traveling crashed in 1961, claiming all sixteen passengers on board. Debate continues to this day whether the accident was the result of pilot error or the work of assassins to thwart his peace-keeping mission....
