In the English village of Longbridge Deverill, in the County of Wiltshire, stands St. Peter and St. Paul Church. The stone church building, built in 1130, was consecrated by Saint Thomas à Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.  The stone altar slab bears the 5 consecration crosses, which he himself made. But for two centuries, the stone went missing. For in 1662, the church’s vicar, Rev. William Perry, hid the slab as Cromwell’s soldiers were marching on the village. The Puritans were...

“ “You have heard that it was said, ‘you Shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same? ”  (Matthew 5:43–46, NASB 2020) ...

“ They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone...