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The Right Kind of Fright

2 January 2022 By David Trounce

The Right Kind of Fright - Sermo Humilis

Martin Luther once pointed out that the difference between the Devil and God was the point at which they frightened you. God frightens us in order to bring us to our senses, the Devil frightens us, having first numbed them. God affrights us upon our first encounter with … [Read more...] about The Right Kind of Fright

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Fear, Fright, Reverence

Old Wives Tales ~ Proverbs 2

23 April 2020 By David Trounce

Old Wives Tales - Proverbs 2 - Sermo Humilis

Life with God means leaving behind silly myths and old wives' tales. It means becoming more permanent, not less permanent. It means a growing reverence for God. And where there’s a reverence for God, there’s wisdom, and where there’s wisdom, there’s life. My son, if you receive … [Read more...] about Old Wives Tales ~ Proverbs 2

Filed Under: Let the Lady Speak Tagged With: Myths, Reverence, Wisdom

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.