(Sundaycast) Fear Not Christ Helps Us Fight (Ezekiel 18:27; Matt 16:26)

Two important British Christians are mentioned in today’s podcast. George Mac Donald, born in Scotland 1824, is often regarded as the founding father of modern fantasy with writings like “The Princess and the Goblin” (1872) and “At the Back of the North Wind” (1868–1871). MacDonald claimed that "I write, not for children, but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five." After his literary success, MacDonald went on to do a lecture tour in the United States in 1872–1873. He was also a pastor who published books of his sermons. Today’s quote comes from “The Diary of an Old Soul,” his daily reflections on his relationship with our Lord. He created one for each day of the year. This one is from February 1. He died in 1905. The art work was created by Arnold Flaten, a great artist and sculptor who taught at St Olaf College in Northfield, MN for his career. Arnie was a close friend of Carroll and Mary Hinderlie. They worked together in building Trinity Lutheran Church in Hovland, MN. Our second British Christian is “THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS,” or Sir Thomas More. The movie by this title depicts the final years of his life. He was the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England. He refused to sign a letter asking Pope Clement VII to annul King Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Robert Whittington, a contemporary of More’s, wrote of him in 1520. “More is a man of an angel's wit and singular learning. I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness and affability? And, as time requireth, a man of marvellous mirth and pastimes, and sometime of as sad gravity. A man for all seasons.” Robert Bolt who wrote the play and screenplay about More chose this reference to him for his title.