Like the early church, the men and women of the reformation are remembered. They are remembered and read today because of what they said and did. To some they were a bright light, an exemplar of holiness. To others a damn nuisance. Either way, they are remembered because, like … [Read more...] about Someone to Contend With
Courage
Dragons
Fairy tales are often closer to gospel truth than many of the things that pass under the banner of the gospel these days. From bumps in the night to melting polar ice caps, children are taught to be either helpless or afraid. Fairy tales, by contrast, teach them to rise and … [Read more...] about Dragons
Be Not Like Jelly Men
The year was 1558 and Scotland, which had become increasingly Protestant, found itself being governed by an increasingly tyrannical Roman Catholic Monarchy. Between the people and the Roman Catholic government of Mary I, or Bloody Mary (so-called because of her murderous … [Read more...] about Be Not Like Jelly Men
A Backbone Made of Magdeburg Steel
When Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church in 1517, he was nailing himself to a cross. From that time on, the governing authorities of Rome wanted him dead. Gone. What stood in their way was the lesser magistrate. A small number of local … [Read more...] about A Backbone Made of Magdeburg Steel
Empathy
Empathy is a word that only came into use during the 20th century and means to join yourself to the identity, feeling, problem, trauma or ideology of others. In an amoral culture such as ours, empathy means getting drunk with the drunkard, comforting the sodomite in his … [Read more...] about Empathy