History, Real Life, and Faith
Do you like to read love letters? Well, certainly if they’re addressed to you. But what if, as an historian, you’re reading someone else’s love letters, say a husband to his wife during a war? I’ve written about this issue before and, frankly, it feels intrusive. The question still remains in my mind: “Is it research or voyeurism?” Look at the…
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If you’ve read as many WWI books and war-based fiction as I have, you may be wondering “what IS bandage rolling?” Why were women always rolling bandages and what did it have to do with war? As a child in 20th century America, the only bandages I knew were Band-Aids. How do your roll those? When we got too “proficient”…
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Do novelists have an easier time with prayer requests than “normal” people? In the sense that they can imagine God doing great and wonderful things even in the grimmest circumstances? Do you know people like that? Or if not a novelist like me, do you perhaps know imaginative people who often speak with confidence about what God could do? My husband…
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What happened to Oswald Chambers‘ Bible School (BTC) students? What do modern students do with their Bible school training? Many people, then and now, argue that studying the Bible is an important grounding for whatever you want to do with your life. If you know the basic truths of God’s word and how to apply them, you can take that…
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What did Oswald Chambers teach at his Bible Training College, compared to modern students?
Did you know Oswald Chambers (of My Utmost for His Highest) ran a Bible College in London?