On this day in 1946, Winston Churchill delivered a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri entitled, “The Sinews of Peace.” The landmark oratory, best known as his “Iron Curtain Speech,” helped to define the emerging Cold War allian…
Bonhoeffer on Death
Today I must inform you that our brothers Konrad Bojack, F.A. Preuß, UlrichNitack, and Gerhard Schulze have been killed on the eastern front. . . . Theyhave gone before us on the path that we shall all have to take at some point.In a particularly grac…
Steadfast Love and Faithfulness
“Let us hear what God the Lord will speak, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints; Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in the land. Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace k…
The Shelf Life
Serious reading andclassical methodologies: such things hardly represent the kind of wiz-bangrazzle-dazzle doohickeries that excite the educational reformers, socialplanners, religious leaders, and political prognosticators these days. But then, …
Mardi Gras
The historical origins of Mardi Gras are much debated, butmany of its traditions seem to have their roots in early Celtic Christianrituals in ancient Gaul, Ireland, and Scotland—which, in turn, seem to haveeven earlier Greek and Egyptian antecedents….
Corporate Complicity
A pro-life organization that has spent decades working to try to get corporations to stop giving financial donations to the Planned Parenthood abortion business has released a revised listing of companies backing the abortion giant.Life Decisions Inter…
The Closing of the American Mind
“There is a grave danger for American democracy that the two parties not only can’t agree, they can’t even discuss. Left and right live in their little ghettos of the mind, unwilling to listen to anything that doesn’t reinforce their own views. If yo…
A Busy Ministry
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A Valentine’s Day Elegy
You have, to be sure, known pain and fear,And the anguish of failure and frustration are near;Yet your eyes read companionship not distance,Your home beckons forth, with no hint of resistance;Indeed, your cloak, though threadbare, is half mine,You are …
Favorite Indonesian Foods
1. Satay2. Nasi Goreng3. Char Siew Wonton4. Popiah5. Roti prata6. GorengPisang7. Kalamansi …
In All the Annals
“Inlooking back over the history of the Christian Church, and thinking of thegreat men who have from time to time appeared on her stage, I cannot recall anyman who so brilliantly combined so many qualities of greatness as ThomasChalmers. We may…
In His Time
“Christiansoften have occasion to remark that God’s ways are not as man’s ways, nor Histhoughts as man’s thoughts. Likewise,His measure of time oft far varies from our own estimations. This holds true ina vast variety of respects—but it…
40 Days of Prayer for Congress
Lots of us complain about the current political and moral mess in Washington. But how many of us are actually trying to do something about it?According to the Apostle Paul, there is something we can all do–something that is more effectual than a…