O come, O come Emmanuel, / And ransom captive Israel . . . —Latin antiphon, 12th century Christ was born to save! / Christ was born to save! —“Good Christian Men, Rejoice,” Mediaeval hymn Heartbreak Joseph was heart-broken, frustrated, ...
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Life’s Ultimate Question: What Child Is This?
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see / Hail the incarnate Deity —Charles Wesley, “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” (1739) Hail, hail, the Word made flesh, / the Babe the Son of Mary! —William Dix, “What Child Is This?” (1865) ...
Read More »Where In The World Is The Lord?
. . . We experience the universe as the city of man. It is a field of human exploration and endeavor from which the gods have fled. . . .This is the age of the secular city. — Harvey Cox, ...
Read More »Sir Francis Drake: America’s Forgotten Founder
The greatest spiritual endeavors and achievements in the past have been those energized by faith and hope. —Ian Murray, The Puritan Hope (1971) Most Christians don’t know the power of their own faith. They think like underdogs and that ...
Read More »The Faith Of The Pilgrims: A Lesson In Sovereign Grace And Thanksgiving
. . John Robinson really was the Moses through whom God gave the newly born nation commandments that should be their strength and glory in a new country which he himself never saw. — Daniël Plooij, The Pilgrim Fathers (1969) ...
Read More »The History of the Reformation And Why It’s Important
The only alternative to the doctrine of predestination is the assertion of the reign of total chance, of meaninglessness and brute factuality. —Rousas J. Rushdoony, The Biblical Philosophy of History (1979) I did nothing; the Word did it all. —Martin ...
Read More »Heroes From History: The Amazing Story Of Sir Francis Drake
Francis the Dragon The Spanish called him a pirate. To them, he was El Draque, the dragon who devoured their gold-laden galleons and plundered their treasure cities. To the English, and the Protestant world in general, he was a hero—a ...
Read More »The Story of the English Reformation
I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. —John Wycliffe, letter to the Duke of Lancaster (1381) The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England. —Thomas Cranmer, The 39 Articles (1563) Continuing the Story ...
Read More »God’s Law and The Pagan Heart
It can’t be wrong, / When it feels so right. —sexual predator Joseph Brooks, “You Light up My Life” (1977) Government is not based on special revelation, such as the Bible. —Norman Geisler in Living Ethically in the 90s ...
Read More »Why America’s Very Survival Depends On New Hearts
. . . In spite everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. —Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (1944) The heart that was made according to God’s own heart, is now the reverse ...
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