by Peter James | Apr 17, 2024 | Robert Aitken
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC has more than six hundred Bibles in its collection. One Bible on display is a rare 1872 Aitken’s Bible, sometimes called Congress’ Bible. Less than thirty copies are still in existence. Although Robert...
by Peter James | Apr 16, 2024 | William Aitken
“Chronological snobbery” was a term coined by Owen Barfield in the 1920s and made popular in the writings of C.S. Lewis in the 1950s. The phrase communicates our modern prediction to regard the past as intrinsically inferior to the present. New is better...
by Peter James | Apr 15, 2024 | Jeremiah Rankin
It’s hard to say goodbye. You may recall the immortal words Juliet spoke to Romeo, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Or consider the endearing line from Winnie the Pooh, “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”Jeremiah Rankin (1828-1904) was...
by Peter James | Apr 14, 2024 | Andrew Murray
News outlets are all over the story that belief in God is on the wane in America. There is no shortage of testimonials on social media of people who have walked away from God and given up on faith. Surely, unanswered prayer has something to do with it. People who pray...
by Peter James | Apr 13, 2024 | Rachel Field
She was, of her own admission, a shy and awkward child. She lived in a house along Main Street in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, which Norman Rockwell painted into “Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas.” She said of herself, “I wasn’t one of those...
