After telling about Jesus’ incarnation, resurrection, and ascension, Luke shifts the spotlight to the apostles—the ones the Lord entrusted with carrying the gospel from Jerusalem, out into Judea and Samaria, and eventually to the ends of the earth. But before the mission could move forward, something had to be addressed: the vacancy left by Judas. … Continue reading Acts 1:12-26: Judas, Matthias, and the Significance of the Twelve Apostles
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Even in the best of all hearts, there remains…an uprooted small corner of evil.
It was granted to me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essential experience: how a human being becomes evil and how good. In the intoxication of youthful successes I had felt myself to be infallible, and I was therefore cruel. In the surfeit … Continue reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Even in the best of all hearts, there remains…an uprooted small corner of evil.
Thoughts on the Death of Charlie Kirk
On September 10, 2025, I was at the office when a notification flashed across my computer screen: Charlie Kirk had been shot and killed. It was one of those moments that leaves a sinking feeling in the gut—the sudden realization that a public figure’s life had been cut short. Apart from a few video clips … Continue reading Thoughts on the Death of Charlie Kirk
St. Augustine: The only cause of all created things is the goodness of the Creator
St. Augustine asserts that the pursuit of knowledge through natural sciences is limitless and often uncertain. However, believers should hold firm to the understanding that all existence originates from a benevolent Creator, who is the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Martin Luther: The Everlasting Pity swore to save me from my anguish…
In devil’s dungeon chained I layThe pangs of death swept o’er me.My sin devoured me night and dayIn which my mother bore me.My anguish ever grew more rife,I took no pleasure in my lifeAnd sin had made me crazy. Then was the Father troubled soreTo see me ever languish.The Everlasting Pity sworeTo save me from … Continue reading Martin Luther: The Everlasting Pity swore to save me from my anguish…