Katharina Schutz, curious, talkative, and impulsive, notices everything around her: Frau Bauer, the neighbor across the street whose babies all died; the light in the studio where she learns to weave; cousin Ursula’s bitterness; the different priests; and the ever-present need to be good enough to earn favor for those who have died. And in […]
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Review: The Reformation by Stephen Nichols
Five hundred years ago, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed a document onto a cathedral door bulletin board*. That one event, the culmination of years of protest by many, ushered in the Reformation and also, according to Nichols, took the world from the middle ages to modern times. But does the Reformation still matter […]
Review: All Saints by Spurlock and Windle
When we think about church history, our minds often go back to Reformation times in Europe but, of course, God works throughout the whole world and all time. All Saints presents the harrowing recent history of persecuted Karen Christians in Myanmar (formerly Burma), as well as the miraculous story of a dying American congregation, All Saints, […]
Why Study Science?
After reminding students that scientific laws are not infallible, Jay Wile, author of Exploring Creation with Biology defends the study of science this way: If science isn’t 100% reliable, why study it? The answer to that question is quite simple. There are many interesting facts and much useful information not contained in the Bible. It […]