Martin Luther The role of the arts in spreading a Christian worldview is a frequent theme in this space. Darrow Miller often points out that the church largely abandoned the study and practice of the arts generations ago and we are reaping the fruit of that today. The world’s music
Indian scholar and DNA friend Vishal Mangalwadi was recently interviewed by a German-language publication about Western assistance to Africa. We are happy to point our readers to this remarkable Q&A. ~ A great deal of development aid has already been provided in Africa. Why does nothing seem to change? Finland
While the 16th-century reformation under Francysk Skaryna marked the Golden Age of Belarus, the 20th century marked the nation’s decay. In 1922, Belarus became a founding member of the USSR. The Soviets instituted a five-year collectivist policy that led to political repression and widespread famine for two decades. When the Nazis
In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, we are happy to offer Darrow’s article originally published Feb 18, 2016. ~ Could a new reformation be on the horizon? We often talk about and pray for much needed revival, a movement of God that would lead to reformation
Most Christians have heard the name John Calvin, one of the leading Protestant reformers. Not as many know the scope of his influence on the city of Geneva, the nation of Switzerland, and all of Europe and the West. The legacy of John Calvin was both deep and broad, partly due to
I recently witnessed an unlikely scene: the Bible exalted by an atheist government! While driving down Nyezalyezhnastsi Boulevard to the international airport in Minsk, Belarus, we encountered a feast for the eyes, the just-completed National Library of Belarus. An intriguing statue stood near the front of the beautiful building. A larger-than-life man from
My good friend Bryan Barrett recently put me on to a story I had never read: the Tower of the Black Cloister. In this tower, the history of the world turned a profound corner. Most people view the Reformation as a theological phenomenon, and certainly it was that. But the
Check out Catherine Hornby’s fine article Moral Rebound Finds Dutch Exploring Calvin online at REUTERS UK. With the emergence of the Global Economic Crisis, the Dutch are looking at their Protestant roots for answers. It would behoove Christians anywhere in the world who are concerned about the economic crisis to
In my reading this morning, I was reflecting on Paul’s words in Romans 9:33. He speaks of Christ as the stumbling stone when he writes: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in
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