Why Memorial Day and Independence Day should be back to back
Originally published on May 28, 2023 as an op-ed at The Washington Examiner Sometimes you get to know your own country best by visiting…
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The Gifts America Gave to Our Family
Originally published July 3, 2023 as an op-ed on Independence Day at The Messenger This is a special July 4th for our family. Not…
Patrick was a Missionary
Patrick (Patricius) was a 5th century British missionary and disciple-maker. He was one of the first great missionaries who took the gospel beyond the…
Getting Perspective on Life, Death and Pandemics: A Reminder from 1948
In 1948, not long after World War II, C.S. Lewis was asked how humanity should live in the atomic age with the horrific threat…
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…
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…
The Magna Carta and the Bible
Why is the obvious so unobvious? This year we should all be celebrating the 800thanniversary of the Magna Carta. But sadly, the Christian influences on…
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…
The Door of Humility
It’s a small door, only about four feet tall and two feet wide. You have to bow down to go through it. The threshold…
Genocide in Iraq
The word genocide should never be used lightly. But it must be used when it accurately describes what is going on in a region—like…