"The Lord will raise a standard up and lead His people on."
- King Alfred the Great

Christian Heroes

The Devotion of J.S. Bach
June 9th by Robin Phillips Comments Off
Behind the extraordinary musical legacy left to us by J.S. Bach was a legacy of devotion and faithfulness that stretched back many generations....
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Taming the Storm with Manly Strength: The Courage of Saint Columbanus
June 4th by Robin Phillips Comments Off
Fierce, bold, rugged and adventurous, Saint Columbanus is an inspiration to evangelists and a model of Christian piety....
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Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of Children
March 16th by Robin Phillips 1 Comment
Few missionaries achieved the impact of Amy Carmichael. Not only was she God’s tool for rescuing hundreds of children from a life worse than death in the darkness of the Indian jungles, but she taught us how ...
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Against the World: The Legacy of Saint Athanasius
February 8th by Robin Phillips Comments Off
The life of Saint Athanasius’ life stands out as one of the most remarkable in the entire history of the church. Rejecting the life of ease that would later come to characterize so many bishops, Athanasius wa...
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The Wisdom of Edmund Burke
January 28th by Robin Phillips 1 Comment
The Anglo-Irish statesmen, Edmund Burke, is best known for his stinging critique of the French Revolution. Realizing that ideas have consequences, Burke endeavored to help the citizens of England and France to ...
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The Standard of Alfred the Great
January 16th by Robin Phillips Comments Off
Since the 790s, the Danish Vikings had been using fast mobile armies to raid England’s coasts in search of plunder. Destroying and utterly decimating everything that stood in their way, the Vikings became the...
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The Legacy of Thomas Chalmers
August 17th by Robin Phillips Comments Off
Thomas Chalmers was born on 17 March 1780, the sixth child of John and Elizabeth Chalmers, in a small fishing and trading village on the south-east coast of Fife Scotland....
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The Wisdom of Solzhenitsyn
July 19th by Robin Phillips Comments Off
This article explores the significance and legacy of Solzhenitsyn and the rejected warnings that he offered to the West. Recognized as a great writer, defender of freedom and opponent of communism, Solzhenitsyn...
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Run Towards the Roar: the courage of Boniface
July 19th by Robin Phillips Comments Off
Protestants often view the medieval period as a gaping parenthesis between the purity of the early church and the clarity of the reformation. Such a view is clearly erroneous, as the middle ages was a time when...
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