Monday, September 25, 2023
Often when moving overseas, missionaries come face to face with a new culture, including, but not limited to a new language. Some missionaries may feel reluctant to learn a new language because it requires months to years of strenuous efforts. However, if they refuse to study the host country’s language, […]
Following the era of the Reformation came the Enlightenment, or the “Age of Reason.” This time period brought an emphasis on the temporal world and earthly life, rather than preparation for life after death. While this way of thinking came to dominate Western thought, periods of renewed religious enthusiasm punctuated […]
In 1527, King Henry VIII of England asked Pope Clement VII to allow him to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Catherine and Henry had one child, Mary, but the lack of a male heir concerned the king. The Pope, who was at that time under the control […]
Sometimes when Christians move to serve the Lord overseas, they bring children or have children in that foreign country. This inherently creates a complicated sense of home for these children. They may be from their passport country, but that’s not the community they grew up in. These complications create third […]
On October 31, 1517, in Wittenberg, Germany, a monk named Martin Luther nailed a list of ninety-five points for debate on the door of Castle Church. This document, known as the Ninety-Five Theses, challenged the Roman Catholic church’s view of salvation and papal authority. At the time, the Church held […]