by Peter James | Apr 16, 2025 | Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was a confirmed middle-aged bachelor and rector of a rural Church of England parish. (He was also numbered among the Puritans but don’t get me started on how often we unfairly malign these early American settlers!) Margaret Charlton,...
by Peter James | Apr 15, 2025 | William Carey
William Carey (1761-1834) failed at the job of cobbler. He was good at making shoes yet lousy at making money. Next, he turned to preaching. William lived during a time when people were indifferent, even hostile to world missions. He said to a gathering of Baptist...
by Peter James | Apr 14, 2025 | David Martin Lloyd-Jones
Do you talk to yourself? I mean, out loud. People say that crazy folks talk to themselves. So do normal, well-adjusted people. Psychologists claim there are positive benefits to self-talk. David Martin Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) wrote a book on the topic, Spiritual...
by Peter James | Apr 13, 2025 | Billy Graham
Chuck Templeton and Billy Graham (1918-2018) were close friends and well-known evangelists in the 1940’s. Chuck began to have doubts about the veracity of Scripture. When they met in 1949, Chuck challenged his friend, “Billy, you’re fifty years out...
by Peter James | Apr 12, 2025 | Favorite, Thomas Dorsey
Why don’t we tell the stories that accompany the hymns we sing? Virtually every song has a story to accompany it. So many hymns emerge out of pain and intense struggle. Once you know the story behind the hymn “Precious Lord, Take My Hand,”...
