When fishes flew and forests walkedAnd figs grew upon thorn,Some moment when the moon was bloodThen surely I was born.With monstrous head and sickening cryAnd ears like errant wings,The devil’s walking parodyOn all four-footed things.The tattered outla…
Jan Comenius, Commemorative Printable Download
March 28, 1592 Pioneering educator Jan Comenius was born in Prague. Like most of the other followers of John Hus, he was forced into exile during the Thirty Years’ War. He and most of the members of his small covenant community settles in Leszno, Poland. There Comenius wrote several textbooks on eduction. These were so original in their conception of …
The Greatness of Chalmers
“There is not, ofcourse, any difficulty in explaining the indifference of the modern secularmind to Chalmers, neither is it surprising that churchmen of liberal persuasionshould lack enthusiasm for his memory. What is more problematical is the q…
St. Patrick’s Morning Prayer
“Today I arise, through the baptism of Christ—His cross; and His grave; resurrection; ascension; and final descent, for the judgment of doom.”Today I arise, while God’s angels serve—I heed all His heralds, through reading His Word. He makes His sai…
The Iron Curtain Speech
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…
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….
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 …
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…
God’s Design
“The first thing to notice in the story of the building ofthe ark is that its plan was not dreamed up by Noah. He was not a boat engineer. Rather, the plan of the ark came from God Himself. It was a specific, propositionalrevelation…
Isaiah 54:9-10
“This is like the days of Noah to me,” says the Lord. “As I swore that the waters of Noahshould no more cover the earth, so I have sworn that I will not forever beangry with you, and I will not rebuke you. For the mountains may depart and t…