For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. – John 1:17 Danish author Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke, who wrote under the pen names of Karen Blixen and Isak Dinesen, gifted the world with a story that never fails to bring tears of conviction and joy, as it echoes the lavish love of Jesus. Babette’s Feast is a short story that, despite its brevity, is packed to overflowing with gracious glimpses of the goodness of God. Set in an isolated Danish …
Royalty Incognito: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Instead, he emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant, by becoming like other humans, by having a human appearance.” – Philippians 2:7 I was first introduced to The Scarlet Pimpernel via the somewhat campy-but-iconic 1982 film adaptation starring Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. So enthralled was my tweenaged self, that I promptly devoured the book, which remains an often-reread favorite to this day. The Scarlet Pimpernel intertwines many Christian themes, and …
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To Such as These Belongs the Kingdom of Heaven: The Princess and the Goblin
“The righteous will live by his faith” – Habakkuk 2:4 I first heard of George MacDonald in a play about the life of C.S. Lewis. Like Lewis did so masterfully himself, MacDonald uses stories—fairy tales, essentially—to illustrate some of the essential truths of Christianity. The Princess and the Goblin, published in 1872, is one such story. It explores many Christian themes, but the experience of Curdie Peterson, the boy miner, helps bring into sharp focus the …
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