Living Stones by Frank Farrell

FROM TABLETALK | May 2005

“The greatest news that ever broke upon the world, the news that was to change the whole life of humanity and shake down thrones and revolutionize kingdoms, the news which still today girdles the earth with everlasting hope and sends …Read More

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Gene Edward Veith

FROM TABLETALK | August 2004

The Edict of Milan in A.D. 313 legalized Christianity. Toleration of this new faith in Rome was not a gradual development. It happened suddenly, right after some of the most brutal persecutions of Christians. Soon, Roman officials were kissing …Read More

A Pivotal Era by John Hannah

FROM TABLETALK | August 2004

It was a remarkable century. What began as the “Era of the Martyrs” under Diocletian ended with the emergence of Christianity as the religion within the empire. The fortunes of the church quickly passed from the realm of the marginalized …Read More

A Soul Ablaze by George Grant

FROM TABLETALK | February 2004

According to Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, he was one of the greatest heroes “for the cause of truth in the whole of the history of the church.” Living through the very difficult final decades of the fourteenth century, he …Read More

How the Irish Saved Civilization by R.C. Sproul Jr.

One of the most difficult elements in understanding God’s providence is understanding our obligation in our times. Consider the different responses of Joshua and Daniel concerning pagan rulers. Joshua killed them, Daniel served them, each with God’s blessing …Read More

J. Gresham Machen: The Politically Incorrect Fundamentalist by D.G. Hart

FROM TABLETALK | March 1992

One of the lesser-known aspects of J. Gresham Machen’s (1881–1937) brilliant and stormy career was his nomination in 1926 to be Princeton Seminary’s professor of apologetics. Since 1906, Machen had taught New Testament at Princeton and distinguished …Read More