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 »
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 was an astonishing sacrilege. On November 10, 1793, the most famous church in France, the Cathedral of Notre… 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. Every schoolchild learns about the Spirit of 1776 – the monumental social and political upheaval that led to the birth… 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. When he was five years old, John Wesley had a close call. Sometime before midnight on February 9, 1709,… Read more »
