Man is the image of God. He necessarily creates stories and enjoys them. —Greg Uttinger, “The Lord of the Rings: A Good Story” (2012) Deep comedy is a product of Christianity, a mark of resurrection life on the pages of Western literature...
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable. — Justice William Brennan, Texas v. Johnson (1989)...
What Churchill Learned from Henty Could Very Well Have Saved Western Civilization. A steady stream of G. A. Henty’s “high adventure” books of historical fiction found great popularity and a hungry audience in his day. The books were especially...
“You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon How Do We Know...
Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. —Inscription on the Liberty Bell (1752/3) This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. —Jesus of Nazareth (AD 30) Jubilee Bond Servants The Mosaic Law permitted and...
Our Lord Jesus was so in love with his undertaking that he would not go out free from it, and therefore engaged to persevere for ever in it; and for this reason he is able to save us to the uttermost. . . …. —Matthew Henry on Psalm 40 (c. 1708)...
God’s word meets us where we are in our slavery, and shows us the way toward responsible stewardship. —David Chilton Poverty and Charity Scripture speaks plainly about the devastation wrought in this world by sin. It also speaks to us of God’s...
I told them [the Texas legislature] that the only answer to the crime problem is to take nonviolent criminals out of our prisons and make them pay back their victims with restitution. —Chuck Colson, Transforming Our World (1988) But modern man...
I’m often asked why I’m so passionate about creating audio adventures, especially in the midst of a culture that seems so obsessed with so much screen-time entertainment. Truly, there isn’t one easy answer; but rather a number of important...
The biblical worldview is not a fairy-tale, or romantic perfectionism, but a realistic appraisal of men with their sins and shortcomings. David Chilton, Productive Christians (1981) The true Romantic always assumes his own innocence. He believes...
When it came to understanding the mind of young boys, G.A. Henty seemed to have a finger on their pulse. This prolific writer spent a lifetime creating books that would lure in the imagination of boys — and then leave them wanting a lot...
Bruise in us the serpent’s head. —Charles Wesley, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (1739) If He did not rise, but is still dead, how is it that He routs and persecutes and overthrows the false god, whom unbelievers think to be alive, and the evil...
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