The Forge Journal

William McNamara:  “My grievance with contemporary society is with its decrepitude. There are few towering pleasures to allure me, almost no beauty to bewitch me, nothing erotic to arouse me, no intellectual circles or positions to challenge or provoke me, no burgeoning philosophies or theologies and no new art to catch my attention or engage my mind, no arousing political, social, or religious movements to stimulate or excite me. There are no free men to lead me. No saints t

A good friend of mine told me how his father’s last words to him were, “Son, read two chapters of the Scripture a day and look for the hidden meaning!” Of course, one’s lasts words hold much weight. His father was one of my Bible professors in College after I gave my life to the Lord at 18yrs. A deeply impactful relationship for me as a young man for those 3yrs. He was humble, deeply in love with Jesus and His Word and very kind to me. Now decades later, and years after his p