To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Who could have imagined that followers of Jesus would owe a debt of gratitude to Friederick Nietzsche? That particular German philosopher, after all, has long been regarded as one of history’s arch-atheists. Nietzsche (1844-1900) was the intellectual who popularized the phrase “God is dead” – and then challenged his fellow nonbelievers… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. The sneaky thing about history is that it’s always happening. It may feel entirely safe to curl up in… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. If heaven is a place where we will finally have a chance to hear all the stories of what… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. It remains the most-watched match in tennis history. From one perspective, it didn’t really matter. It was just an… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. What a difference a century makes. In 1869, a pope called a special council in order to steer the… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. It should have been an open-and-shut case. Did a 24-year-old phys ed teacher named John T. Scopes teach evolution… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. The best trivia questions are ones in which you don’t see the answer coming. For instance, which states lie… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. Tent meetings. The sinner’s prayer. “Just As I Am.” The altar call. All-night prayer sessions. So many aspects of… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. By all accounts, William Wilberforce wasn’t much to look at. He had been a small, sickly child, and lacked… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. “If God wants to save the heathen, he will do so, without your help or mine.” Those were the… Read more »
