Romans, Martin Luther and 1515
In two years from now, many Christians will be commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Already there are signs of this significant date…
Church History
Truth Prevails: Remembering Jan Hus (1372-1415)
July 6th 2015 is the 600th anniversary of the burning of Czech reformer Jan Hus. Why remember Hus? Because he was a courageous pastor who called the…
Hudson Taylor and the Founding of China Inland Mission, 150th Anniversary
This summer marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the China Inland Mission by James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905). Taylor was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China and founder of…
Churchill, by Paul Johnson, A Book Review by Don Sweeting
Churchill, by Paul Johnson, A Book Review by Don Sweeting for Books, Culture, Media, Life in the 21st Century (3rd edition), a journal of Colorado Christian University. Of the…
Singing with the Pilgrims: The “Old Hundredth”
Arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers Do you ever wonder what songs the American Pilgrims sang? I know one of them. It is probably the…
John Knox 500: Reformer, Pastor, Critic of Political / Religious Tyranny
2014 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Scottish Reformer and Pastor John Knox.Knox was the leader of the Scottish reformation and the founder…
Wishing the ECO Well: Another Turning Point in Presbyterian Church History
While you were winding down for the weekend, a group of Presbyterians were winding up in Orlando. This past weekend, a new Presbyterian denomination…
Remembering The Reformation on Reformation Sunday
Reformation Sunday is the Sunday in October closest to October 31st. On October 31, 1517, in Wittenberg, Germany, a brilliant and brave German monk…
Where is the Center of the Christian World?
Where is the center of the Christian world? I remember having a conversation with my dad about this back in the 1980s. At the…
Why Do We Need the Lausanne Movement? (Lausanne/Cape Town Memo #14)
After a week here in Cape Town at Lausanne III, two more convictions stand out. First, the evangelical movement worldwide is growing, outpacing many…