A few days ago, I read 1 Thessalonians 3:4 where Paul writes, “For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.” Why would Paul anticipate suffering? I … [Continue reading]
I was reading Augustine's Confessions this morning where he mentions a treatise by Cicero called Hortensius as the means by which God began to change Augustine's heart. Thinking that it would be interesting to read this work, I searched for a copy … [Continue reading]
The inability of the gelateria cashier to understand English (real or feigned) and my inability to speak Italian cost me an extra 4 Euros. I tried to order three small gelatos, a decaf cappuccino, and two regular cappuccinos. What the attendant … [Continue reading]
I recently read in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon concerning the training that the Roman army did in preparation for the battle. Gibbon writes that the only difference between the field of training and the field of … [Continue reading]
