#13 Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1526) Brief Biography Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus was the illegitimate son of a priest and was born in Rotterdam, in 1466. Orphaned at an early age, Erasmus, under the advice of his legal guardians, entered a monastery of Augustinian orientation. Being a student of great promise, Erasmus was ordained a priest before the …
#14 William Perkins (1558-1602) Brief Biography Born in 1558 (the year Queen Elizabeth took the throne) at the village of Marston Jabbett, Warwickshire, to Thomas and Hanna Perkins. Perkins showed promise with his academic abilities, but while at Christ’s College, Cambridge, he showed a talent for drunkenness that was quite notorious. 1577 Perkins entered Christ’s … Continue reading »
From the beginning the reader must know that this list is not comprehensive, it is subjective and I am NOT an expert on church history (though I love studying it). Furthermore, the criteria of judgment is also subjective and therefore, I will likely be criticized by those who are actual scholars of church history. The other important … Continue reading »
Every child is different. I am a father of three children and two are girls. They are diametrically different. One is a people pleaser, the other is not. One cares about fashion, the other strives to look odd or gaudy. One spends money like a drunk and the other acts like a future miser. My … Continue reading »
John Crotts has written mulitple books, mainly on biblical manhood or ecclesiology and yet (to my knowledge) this is his first effort writing a biography. Crotts explains the story of John Newton for the series Bitesized Biographies, which lives up to its title, since the book is a brief 137 pages. The outline of the book is simple. Chapter one is the … Continue reading »
This has been quite a week in America. The bombing in Boston and Texas has awakened many dormant hearts. For those directly or indirectly impacted, suffering now has a face. Though I will write more about John Newton (the man known best for penning the great hymn, Amazing Grace) in the months to come, I wanted to convey … Continue reading »
Claire Smith is well-known in the ranks of Australian evangelicalism, but here in America, her name is relatively obscure. She attained her PhD in New Testament studies at Moore College in Sydney and is a wife, mother, lecturer and conference speaker. This book, God’s Good Design, was written to be a biblical examination of God’s … Continue reading »
Lately, I have been listening to lectures on church history by Dr. S. Fortson III from Reformed Theological Seminary. The last few lectures have been on the subject of medieval Monasticism. Beyond the spiritual benefit of such reminders, I have been thinking about the lack of contemplative time with God in American Christianity. The word … Continue reading »
