Searching For St. Patrick

Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, seasoned speaker and author,writes Will the Real St. Patrick Please Stand Up?[1], with interesting historical background on the saint for whom this holiday (March 17) is named.

Dr. Wilson's true tale begins, "Terrified the Irish raiders would spot him, the youth hid at wood's edge as he watched eager flames consume his family's house. Suddenly powerful hands jerked his arms behind him. Coarse ropes burned his wrists. He and dozens of others were herded to boats grounded in the cove. He was now a slave."

The story moves to Wilson's conclusion, "As an old man, Patrick looked back in awe. 'Those who never had a knowledge of God but worshipped idols and things impure, have now become a people of the Lord, sons of God. 'The old saint died in his beloved Ireland, March 17th, about 460 A.D. The land which once enslaved him, he had set free."

Read the fullstory; then be sure to check out Dr. Wilson's popular JesusWalk[2]email Bible studies, now beginning a new series, Disciple Lessons from Philippians[3]; sign up at the JesusWalk website.

If you're still "thinking green," find other St. Patrick's Day resources at ChristianityToday.com[4] --ecards, articles, links and resources about the holiday's roots. You might also want to check out Saint Pat and Saint Peg!?![5], a devo by Peggie, INTERNET FOR CHRISTIANS's editor.

Links in this story
[1] http://www.joyfulheart.com/holiday/pat.htm
[2] http://www.jesuswalk.com/
[3] http://www.jesuswalk.com/philippians/
[4] http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/stpatricks/
[5] http://www.peggiesplace.com/booster248.htm