... . No Understanding Three monarchs in modern European history speak to this very point: Charles I of England; Louis XVI of France, and Nicholas II of Russia. All experienced civil war/revolution which cost them their lives and the lives of thousands of their subjects. Here ... made inflexible. Prophets were no longer permitted to be those free, high-soaring spirits, but were rather stern judges, grim and philippic. Religion had become literal adherence of pendantic scribes. Many religious pundits became experts ...
... email did two things for me. First, it reminded me that he and I, in fact all of us together, are part of what Nicholas Wolterstorff once called “the company of mourners.” Wolterstorff, a minister of the Christian Reformed Church, lost a son who was only 25 years old ... faith has become a private matter for many people. Yet, to this privatization of religion, the New Testament offers a stern challenge: “Love one another,” said Jesus. “Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another” (John ...
