History, Real Life, and Faith
It’s Christmas carol time. Many folks have sung Christmas-themed songs since childhood. But what are they? What does “Christmas carol” mean? Songs sung in December with a theme revolving around Christmas. Carol means song or hymn. That’s pretty simple. They’ve been around for a long time. The first noted Christmas-related hymn was written and sung to celebrate Jesus’ birth at…
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A unique devotional: for kindred spirits!
Do you know what The Didache is? (DEE-Da-Kay) I didn’t either until a teacher recently mentioned it in passing. “You might consider looking at The Didache to learn how the first century Christians treated each other.” He warned it wasn’t Scripture, it’s not part of the Bible. It’s a short book for first-century Believers to apply what they knew about…
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An astonishing walk through Daniel’s gate–with lions everywhere!
Have you ever heard of W. E. Blackstone? Was he important? If you’re interested in Christian world evangelism, he was. The self-educated evangelical’s 1878 book, Jesus is Coming, sold millions of copies in the late-nineteenth century. Blackstone’s basic facts Born in 1841 New York, William Eugene Blackstone grew up in a Christian home that stressed devotion and service to God….
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The “mother tongue” trips me when I’m writing and often makes me laugh. I’m referring to the language I learned, well, from my mother. Which is how my English dictionary defines it, too, or “the language learned as a baby at home before a child goes to school.” You’ve got one, too! What’s the issue with the mother tongue? If…
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