Today I had an early morning appointment and on the drive to it I listened to a portion of John Piper’s short mini-biography of David Brainerd. I have been aware of Brainerd and of Jonathan Edwards Life of Brainerd almost since the time I became a believer in Christ. He has been a “hero from … More Embarrassed to Announce
He was born of “peasant stock” in an area know today as the Czech Republic, but he grew up to be a scholar and professor. Eventually he became the president of the University of Prague. Respected, scholarly and diligent, he translated the Latin text of the New Testament into Czech and began to read and … More The Treasure of the English Bible
I’m reading Steven Lawson’s mini-biography of William Tyndale, (THE DARING MISSION OF WILLIAM TYNDALE, Reformed Trust, 2016). On page 104, this sentence arrested my attention: “Having learned Hebrew over a period of some five years, Tyndale was ready to begin the task of translating the books of the law.” The previous 103 pages had demonstrated … More 8 Languages, and Then He Learned Hebrew
The Story of Ben Lay The story of Ben Lay is one of those forgotten stories that imperils the nation. It is the story of how God destroys oppression. It is the story of the weak confounding the strong. It is the story that Mary tells in the magnificat and anticipates as the ultimate end … More How God Destroys Oppression
Eisenhower, Muggeridge, and Sabina Wurmbrand Biographies have been powerful in my life. Great heroes of the faith, courageous leaders in the teeth of war, missionaries braving cannibalistic tribes, explorers meeting the challenges of cold, heat, heights and all manner of adversity, athletes rising to extreme levels of to reach new goals and new records, these … More Three Biographies Sunday (1)
A biographical story of what happens when people actually READ the New Testament He was a prominent rabbi teaching at a school when he noticed a friend reading a book in German. “What are you reading,” he asked. When the book was passed to him, he leafed casually through the pages until his gaze fell … More The Jewishness of Jesus
I have been plodding through William Manchester’s epic biography of Winston Churchill. Last night I found a number of episodes in Churchill’s life that are COMPLETELY out of step with our cultural moment. Each page that I read showed the superiority of Churchill’s worldview (with all of his personal flaws) over the current politically correct, … More When Leaders Value Differing Voices
Tomorrow I am meeting with a church planter looking for a mentor. He contacted me last week and tomorrow I will get my first chance to assess him, his plan, his vision, and, most of all, his guts and passion. I don’t know what I will find. But before I go any further let me … More Wanted: Church Planters with Guts and Passion
You probably have never heard of it before but this story about a Ukrainian baptist family in World War II should thrill your soul if you love Jesus. I suspect it also might start to make the rounds as a children’s sermon at Christmas time in churches that have them as a part of their … More Have You Heard About the Room UNDER the Manger?
We just purchased a house and the boxes we packed in Illinois are beginning to be unboxed and now adorn our new home in South Carolina. With a busy schedule, life unfolds out of the boxes in our garage in slow stages of discovery. Today I found the last box of my over 4,000 volume library and … More I Found Some Old Friends in a Box Today
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