Category Archives: History

Afterimage

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

It is odd what will trigger a memory. And even odder, sometimes, are the memories that are triggered. Every morning I have coffee. I have been having coffee for years, ever since I came back from my first summer trip … Continue reading →

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Judas the Quisling

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

In 1940, as the Germans invaded Norway, Vidkun Quisling, head of the Norwegian Fascist Party, announced a coup d’etat against his own Norwegian government. He subsequently collaborated with the Nazis and served as Minister President of Norway under the Nazi … Continue reading →

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An Excerpt

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

An excerpt from my novel, John of the Apocalypse, available as an e-book for the Kindle: * * * “So what was that last thing you heard Jesus say?” demanded Albertus. “I wish you’d stick with Greek, you know; or … Continue reading →

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Turning Point

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Today we remember September 11 for what happened in 2001. But it is a memorable day for another event as well: one of the turning points of history. Between 1667 and 1698, Europe battled the Ottoman Empire, an empire that … Continue reading →

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Culture and the Bible

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

God is interested in communicating to his people and he chose to do so through literature. And he chose to do it through a specific culture. Sometimes, that culture is very, very alien and hard to comprehend. Consider this peculiar … Continue reading →

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Christmas Yet to Come

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Forty-four years ago this Christmas three men became the first human beings to travel to the moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8—James Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders—did not land on the moon: they merely orbited it ten times. But … Continue reading →

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The Last Book of the Bible is Not Hard to Understand

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

The book of Revelation is not really a mystery, despite the fact that it is often misunderstood and wildly misinterpreted by modern readers who fail to comprehend its setting and don’t understand its genre. Their confusion is akin to that … Continue reading →

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Is This World Entirely Awful?

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

If God exists, and he is good and all powerful, then why is there so much evil? If you were good and all powerful, is this the world you would create? The eighteenth century philosopher Voltaire wrote a story called … Continue reading →

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What Freedom Is

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Every so often I read the oddest comments. Some people are convinced that there has been an erosion of freedom in the United States. Desmond Tutu is recorded in a Newsweek web interview (this was about seven years ago now), … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Separation

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

If you accept government money, sooner or later you’re going to have to do what you’re told—no matter what—in order to keep getting the cash. There is a reason the Apostle Paul wrote that the love of money is the … Continue reading →

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