Author: Rev. Dr. Daniel C. Wilburn

…a gigantic blood sucking worm… insatiable corn weevil… devours piles of fruit surrounded by many fellow gluttons, who first suck out our blood and then consume our flesh, and now seek to grind our bones and devour all that is left of us, the Germany reformer Ulrich von Hutten wrote in 1520, attacking the papacy, the Roman Catholic Church (187). Those Reformers were not kind in any shape or form toward the Roman church. I’ve been reading Eric Metaxas’ latest biography called Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World. I think the title is a bit...

Laurie and I walked the Roman Colosseum and tried to imagine gladiators, surprise trap-doors with tigers, cheering crowds, and mock naval battles. But I also remembered, “…let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (1 Cor 10:12, KJV). And I thought of General Patton’s famous words “For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners...