There was one thing Peter could not let go of, even as his life was drawing to a close. He wrote: “This is now the second letter that I am writing to you. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder.” Not to teach you something new. Just… Continue reading Do You Still Remember?
Author: Angela
Meditating on Death: The Neglected Lesson in the Life of Faith
There is a spiritual discipline the church rarely mentions, yet Scripture never stops teaching — Meditating on death. Not morbid self-torment. Not a pessimistic philosophy of life. But a clarity of soul: to live seriously, within our numbered days, in the things God has entrusted to us. I. Now That We Believe in Jesus, Do… Continue reading Meditating on Death: The Neglected Lesson in the Life of Faith
Peter’s Tears, and the Gospel That Grew From Them
A Story of Falling, Grace, and Three Kinds of Love In the New Testament, there is an understated yet deeply meaningful thread of history: the apostle Peter took in a young man named Mark — a man who had once “run away” — nurtured him like a father, and through him left behind the Gospel… Continue reading Peter’s Tears, and the Gospel That Grew From Them
The Heroes We Never Named
The nameless faithful who kept the flame alive, and the reformers who changed the world The Names We Know Every movement has its famous names. Martin Luther, who nailed his theses to a church door in Wittenberg and refused to be silenced. John Calvin, who built a city in Geneva on the foundation of Scripture… Continue reading The Heroes We Never Named
Why Don’t We Read the Bible?
The Question That Will Not Go Away We have seen what men did to keep the Bible from the people. We have seen Hus burned alive, Tyndale strangled, entire Christian communities erased over six centuries of empire. Now we must ask the hardest question of all. Why don’t we read it? Not the persecuted believer… Continue reading Why Don’t We Read the Bible?
While the Church Slept, the Storm Came
The Ottoman Empire, 600 years of darkness, and the erasure of God’s people A World We Have Forgotten Before we speak of empires and conquest, we must first see what was there before. In the 7th century, the Middle East was not empty. It was home to some of the oldest, most deeply rooted Christian… Continue reading While the Church Slept, the Storm Came
God Never Sealed the Bible. Men Did.
A System Built on Ignorance For centuries, the only sanctioned Bible in the Western Church was the Latin Vulgate — a translation produced in the 4th century, in a language that had long since ceased to be spoken by ordinary people. Farmers, mothers, merchants, craftsmen — none of them could read it. None of them… Continue reading God Never Sealed the Bible. Men Did.
Give First — A Story About Trust and Abundance at the Edge of Death
Three thousand years ago, a woman bent down to pick up firewood. Not for warmth. For her last meal. Her jar held only a handful of flour. Her jug, only a little oil. After she and her son ate this meal, they would wait to die. This wasn’t metaphor, wasn’t self-pity — it was literal.… Continue reading Give First — A Story About Trust and Abundance at the Edge of Death