The River Thames froze in January of 1649 nbsp The King asked Thomas Herbert the Parliamentarian official attending him to dress him in two shirts lest the rabble watching him die think that he shivered from cowardice Charles insisted ldquo I fear not death Death is not terrible to me bl

Can nature be more rarified than in a rainbow Earth donates water droplets Sunlight supplies the rest A rainbow is the most ethereal element of God rsquo s creation Small wonder it was chosen to be the sign of God rsquo s covenant In the presence of water light is reflected refracted dispers

This is the twelfth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles The first entrycovered some of the major critical technical and background issues that will concern us as we read through and comment on the Acts The second post found here considered the prologue to th

Word, gesture and substance come together in an act that is inherently communal.

Life doesn rsquo t come with lines We draw those ourselves Of course without them the world would be so blurred as to lack definition though the danger is drawing lines that divide without purpose Whatever their original intention they can leave us detached from others who then appear as ali

This is the eleventh entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles The first entry nbsp covered some of the major critical technical and background issues that will concern us as we read through and comment on the Acts The second post found here considered the prologu