[Ed. Note: I have decided to remove identifying information as to where my original post in May came from, as a variation of my 21 May reposting can be found online at various sites.] Back on 21 May, I published a post on the origins of the Rapture … [Continue reading]
Senseless economic cuts
The daughter of friends of Father Orthoduck and his wife has a summer internship at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), which is quite an honor. She returns to college this fall after a summer of experiencing the crazy … [Continue reading]
Canons and phronema
I have before written on the subject of phronema as it relates to mission. There I pointed out that phronema can have both a positive and a negative meaning. You can read the post and find out that the word is used in Greek in two senses. In that … [Continue reading]
The most God-believing nation in Europe and Asia
A person commented on my Tolstoy post by sending me a link from an article in the Christian Science Monitor called, How Russians survived militant atheism to embrace God. It is an article worth reading in its entirety. Below are a few quotes from the … [Continue reading]
Tolstoy on war
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. -- Leo Tolstoy War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the … [Continue reading]
Beauty is a riddle
"Beauty is a terrible and awful thing! It is terrible because it has not been fathomed, for God sets us nothing but riddles. Here the boundaries meet and all contradictions exist side by side." -- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Have you … [Continue reading]
Make yourself responsible for all the sins of men
"There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for all the sins of men. For indeed it is so, my friend, and the moment you make yourself sincerely responsible for everything and everyone, you will see at once … [Continue reading]
There is no I in Church
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: "Once upon a time there was a peasant woman and a very wicked woman she was. And she died and did not leave a single good deed behind. The devils caught her and plunged her into the lake of … [Continue reading]
Southern Baptists pass resolution to help settle immigration debate
From the Associated Press: NASHVILLE, Tenn -- (AP) - The Southern Baptist Convention has passed a resolution advocating a path to legal status for illegal immigrants. The resolution was passed on Wednesday at the annual meeting of the nation's … [Continue reading]
Christians, vaccinations, and herd immunity
A devout Christian heard an urgent news report on his radio that a flash flood was within minutes of entering the peaceful valley where he lived. Immediately he went to his knees and prayed for safety. The words were still on his lips when he became … [Continue reading]
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