This is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in Sinner Saint: A Surprising Primer to the Christian Life (1517 Publishing, 2025). Sinner Saint is available today from 1517 Publishing.
On its journey from Byzantium to Constantinople to Istanbul, this special place helps us understand the broader arc of Christian history, which goes on until Christ's return.
We needn’t fear statistics and studies as palm readings into a certain future. God is God, and his Spirit is alive through his Word.

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What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
Do our petitions move God?
What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?
When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
A brief summary of Augustin'e view of friendship is followed by some quotes by Augustine
Finding rest in God when the “what ifs”come calling
As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
Of all the Inklings, Williams was certainly the most enigmatic. His mind and body were always moving.
Even at Lewis’ graveside, Havard was a faithful friend, and a friend full of faith in Christ, confessing his hope in the resurrection.
Attempting to escape the errors of medieval Catholic thinking, Agricola ended up making the same mistake of conflating law and gospel.
Dyson demonstrated a pious persistence with Lewis, something we can emulate in our own friendships and conversations.
We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.