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No one in religious circles today would fail to find fault with Germany’s religious community, which was complicit in the Nazi machine that liquidated 10 million people, including 6 million European Jews. People still gasp at pictures and accounts of this period. The hope in recounting in such events is that this epic calamity would never occur again.

So many church people listen to and tout various personalities. However, I would like to look at one of the most prominent authors and speakers in religious circles and consider a few details. I am concerned about how his following is being led astray.

It seems incredible that “The Cause of Christ” is not well-defined in religious circles today. Is it going to church, helping the less fortunate, apologetically defending your belief, missionary outreach, or having a good church experience; is this what the cause of Christ in toto?

Oft times books are pitched at a single issue or current subject. One written in 1950 may stand the test of time to be potent at later junctures. Many stories, movies, or articles lose their bite within years or a generation. How many books are truly timeless? How often do we see in a book, regardless of the imagery or specifics, that draws us in and captures the minds of people over and over again?

Is Labyrinth of the World still relevant? Let’s find out. To blanch at the perceived notion that a 400-year-old book—few have heard of—could be eloquently significant today might not be a rare reaction. However, Rev. Dr. Craig D. Atwood of Moravian University told me he uses Labyrinth of the World in his lectures. In his endorsement, on the back cover of the 2021 edition, he relates that his students “often express how contemporary (this book) feels.” Thus, I thought I would address this aspect.

Life today is shockingly unstable. Incessant threats press upon our minds from every side. We are left to figure out how to maintain our sureness and equilibrium amidst all the instability we see. As followers of Christ, we have stories from scripture and ecclesiastical history that can assure and encourage us in these times. When the World is going mad, we need to look at these stories in order to find Christ’s faithfulness in them so that we can find a sense of stability amidst the instability we perceive in our own time.

The word “religious” is a term in many circles can make part of our anatomy cinch up so tight; were we sitting on a piece of coal it’d quickly turn into a diamond. Religiousness is as synonymous in practical reality with control, manipulation, and corruption as it is might be with…

Labyrinth of the World has many aspects of appeal. Another concerns the Anabaptists. This post will be for those who may not know who or what an Anabaptist is, as I did not 20 years ago. Comenius was not an Anabaptist in the classical sense of the word. However, he was familiar with them, and it appears that they helped strengthen his ideals.