Dispatches Del Camino (#21)
In today’s dispatch, Sean answers reader questions about his trek across Spain.
Christianity
The Crusades: A Just War for the Survival of Christianity
Modern academics and popular media often portray the Crusades as a series of brutal, unprovoked wars of Christian aggression against a peaceful Muslim world. This narrative is not only historically inaccurate, but deeply unjust to the generations of Christians who answered the call to defend their faith, their fellow believers, and the very existence of Christian civilization.
The Book of James: A How-to Guide for Christians
The Book of James in the New Testament is a wonderful instruction manual that explains how to implement our Christianity, even in today’s busy world.
Dispatches Del Camino (#20)
It was our first day off. We had been walking the Camino for three weeks, upwards of 18 miles per day, until our feet bear a striking resemblance to USDA-approved ground ch
Dispatches Del Camino (#19)
He was a blind man, walking the highway toward El Burgo Ranero. If he wasn’t totally blind, the sunglasses meant he was low vision. Cars shot past him as he trudged along, seemingly unaware of the vehicles.
Charles Martel: The Hammer Who Halted the Muslim Conquest of Europe
In an age when Europe teetered on the edge of collapse after the fall of the Roman Empire, one man stood between the continent and a future under Islamic rule. That man was Charles Martel
A Faith Based Argument for an Article V Convention
Honest answers to a few basic questions will lead the faithful to the inevitable conclusion that we have a moral duty to use ALL means available to prevent government overreach from encroaching on our God given rights.
Dispatches Del Camino De Santiago (18)
When you’re out here on the Camino de Santiago, God knows, you’re tired of walking. Tired of moving your feet. You’re not tired physically. Your body feels okay, mostly, except for the fact that everything—even the gray matter of your brain—feels like it has been drop kicked by a 19-year-old NFL draftee.
Dispatches del Camino de Santiago (#17)
A bar, somewhere in rural Spain. A rooster is crowing near the open door. Distant goats are bleating. Spanish farmers gather to chew the morning fat.
Dispatches From the Camino (#16)
We are walking the Camino de Santiago when the power goes out in Spain. At first, we do not know the power is out, of course. The only thing we notice is that our phones have quit working.
Dispatches Del Camino (#15)
Every day is the same. You wake up; you walk. Eat, sleep, walk. Repeat. Also, you look for cheesecake. You are always looking for cheesecake. You’ve learned that Spain has the best cheesecake in the known solar system.
Dispatches Del Camino (#14)
It was a little church. Off the main path. And you don’t see many “little” churches on the Camino. Most churches here are Gothic monuments. Stone gargantuans, with bells, towering medieval doors, and golden altars. This wasn’t one of those.
Marriage & Family — Doing Life Right
In my work as a Christian newspaper publisher, radio commentator at TV host, I often have people contact me requesting prayer and counseling. Most all who come for prayer and counsel are Christians.
I Am the Vine
“I am the vine and you are the branches,” is a familiar scripture. What does it mean to be a part of the vine? And what does it mean to “remain” in the vine?
Dispatches Del Camino (#13)
We arrive in the city of Burgos after a 14-mile walk. Although it feels like 14 million miles. Today is hot. We are sunburned, thirsty, and our skin is covered in a fine layer of crystalized salt from evaporated sweat.
The Nazi Attempt to Rewrite the Bible: When, Why, and How
The Nazi regime’s obsession with controlling ideology extended beyond politics and race—it also sought to reshape Christianity to fit its own agenda.
Dispatches Del Camino (#12)
You do three things on the Camino each day. You walk. You talk. You stop to pee.
Dispatches Del Camino (#11)
We all stand outside the small market in Villamayor. There are about twenty-five, maybe thirty of us hapless, fatigued pilgrims. Sweaty and covered in grit. All wearing the same clothes we were wearing two weeks ago.
Dispatches Del Camino De Santiago (#10)
Grañón is a small village dating back to 885. The stone streets are empty this afternoon. Siesta is underway, the Spanish world has shut down to observe their daily food coma. There are seemingly no rooms in all of Spain tonight. There are 40 percent more pilgrims walking the Camino, we are told, than there …
Dispatches Del Camino (#9)
Six of us have fallen in together, walking side by side for the last several miles of the Camino de Santiago. We are all strangers. All pilgrims. From different nations. There is dust on our backpacks, mud on our boots, and we all smell like something a diuretic horse produced.