“Mysteries,” for most of us, are things that are confusing, unintelligible, or require the brilliance of a Sherlock Holmes to decode. That’s not what mystery means, though, at least not for St. Paul. He seems to love this word, using it nearly three times more than any other New Testament author.

Not too long ago, I was in a conversation with a young man I’ve known for quite some time. He’s always impressed me as someone who is in earnest about being a disciple of Jesus, someone who really wants to make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for him.

Some months back now, our ACTS XXIX team was fortunate to make a trip to Gettysburg, Pa. If you’ve not been there, it is truly hallowed ground and the history of our nation is intimately tied to the events of July 1-3, 1863.

One of the great heroines of the 20th century was a young German woman who, together with her brother and several other college students at the University of Munich, started what was known as The White Rose resistance movement.