Despite living much of his life as a pagan the Roman emperor Constantine ndash ad implemented reforms that stopped the systematic persecution of Christians He also instituted the calendar we use dividing all of history into bc Before Christ and ad Anno Domini or Year of our Lord A move to secularize this system has changed the labels to ce Common Era and bce Before the Common Era Some people point to this as yet one more example of how the world keeps God out But God hasn rsquo t gone anywhere Regardless of the name our calendar still centers [... more]

Dr John Matzko presents an account of Martin Luther's heroic stand for the authority of the scripture at the Diet of Worms [... more]

Caesar Augustus BC ndash AD the first emperor of Rome wanted to be known as a law-and-order ruler Even though he built his empire on the back of slave labor military conquest and financial bribery he restored a measure of legal due process and gave his citizens Iustitia a goddess our justice system today refers to as Lady Justice He also called for a census that brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem for the birth of a long-awaited ruler whose greatness would reach to the ends of the earth Micah ndash nbsp nbsp nbsp What neither Augustus nor the rest [... more]

We won't understand Martin Luther's unwavering defense of justification by faith alone apart from his life-changing encounter with the book of Romans Today R C Sproul describes how Luther came to understand the gospel for the first time Get the 'Luther and the Reformation' -Part DVD for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org luther-and-the-reformation Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Decades ago Dr Jerry Motto discovered the power of a ldquo caring letter rdquo His research found that simply sending a letter expressing care to discharged patients who had previously attempted suicide reduced the rate of recurrence by half Recently health care providers have rediscovered this power when sending ldquo caring rdquo texts postcards and even social media memes as follow-up treatment for the severely depressed nbsp Twenty-one ldquo books rdquo in the Bible are actually letters mdash epistles mdash caringly written to first-century believers who struggled for a variety of reasons Paul James and John wrote letters to explain [... more]

In BC the Roman ruler Octavian came before the Senate to lay down his powers He rsquo d nbsp won a civil war become the sole ruler of that region of the world and was functioning like an emperor Yet he knew such power was viewed suspiciously So Octavian renounced his powers before the Senate vowing to simply be an appointed official Their response The Roman Senate honored the ruler by crowning him with a civic crown and naming him the servant of the Roman people He was also given the name Augustus mdash the ldquo great one rdquo Paul [... more]

When the Reformation faced opposition in the th century John Calvin wrote to explain why restoring the church to the teachings of Scripture could not wait Today W Robert Godfrey gathers insights from Calvin for the church today Get 'The Necessity of Reforming the Church' Teaching Series on DVD for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org the-necessity-of-reforming-the-church Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

by Lon Solomon [... more]

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