by Peter James | Dec 10, 2024 | Veit Dietrich
John’s gospel doesn’t commence with a baby in a manger or angels singing glory to God, or shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by night. John’s starting point is creation itself, “In the beginning was the Word” (John 1.2). Genesis begins...
by Peter James | Apr 6, 2024 | Veit Dietrich
It was a most unlikely marriage. The former monk Martin Luther had to find husbands for nineteen nuns who fled convent life to join the Reformation movement. One ex-nun, Katie von Bora, insisted she would only marry Martin Luther and prevailed upon him until he...
