“Thoughts in Christ”

The historian Herodotus claimed that the Magi were Medes, a tribe that tried to conquer the Persians, failed and became priests but more than religious leaders. They were instructors to the royal house of Persia, learned in...

The question, “What does Christmas mean?” has as many answers as people in our society. Opportunity for merchants, vacation days for school children, parties and exchange of gifts even for non-Christians, since it has become...

Holy means separate, or apart. St. Peter as a Jew considered it normal for Christians to do as the Jews and make themselves distinct from Gentiles. We read in Acts 10 the change of his attitude and what it took to accept...

“O who loves, Nicholas the saintly?” we sing from a popular hymn to that glorious saint. The answer obviously is the entire Christian world down through the centuries, with various interpretations and understandings related...

Prayer and fasting go together. They are two parts of complete self-control, which are necessary for unconditional faith. We fast so that our prayer is free from all that comes between God and ourselves. Food is only part of...

Every American is invited to share the experience of the Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day, albeit vicariously. We recount the fears and tests of faith for those hearty voyagers crossing the Atlantic Ocean in their frail ships,...

Imagine you were living in the first or second century, a citizen of one of the above cities called Asia Minor, present-day Turkey. The great apostle to gentiles like yourself, Peter, addresses you as a pilgrim, although you...

The last phrase explains and justifies all that precedes it. “That you may inherit a blessing.” When? When you fall asleep in the Lord and realize the value of blessings. What greater gift can you imagine than to appear...

“Hallow” is an ancient form of “holy,” and “een-even” means “eve,” thus Halloween is the eve of all saints. As celebrated in America, it recalls an ancient pagan religion brought from England, having originated from the...

The key term is “Word,” which translates as the Greek Logos. The problem for us is that a word is something written and heard—but Logos is a great deal more. More than a sound, it is reason, the ability to think and...