Because of a couple of questions, let me take a moment for a little aside before I return to my being a no-longer-teenage charismatic. It has been mentioned that first I say that Radical Reformation Protestants and Calvinists form part of the … [Continue reading]
I am a no-longer-teenage Orthodox charismatic
When I first began to serve the Lord, as an older teenager, I returned to Christianity through a charismatic group. Actually, at first through a Pentecostal group, but that was of very short duration. I do know that out of that hothouse situation … [Continue reading]
Dog-gone ridiculous
Another Perú missionary stress story
When my wife and I first arrived in Bolivia, in January of 1990, we went to Cochabamba to attend the Instituto de Idiomas Maryknoll (Maryknoll Language Institute). My wife was taking the beginning course, while I was taking the advanced course. … [Continue reading]
Post-traumatic stress syndrome and the missionary
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal … [Continue reading]
Roland Burris to be seated as Senator – Saturday Night Live at the Senate
I enjoy watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Tina Fay play Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. I never thought that I would watch Saturday Night type of skits at the United States Senate. But, I find that I am … [Continue reading]
Immigration aside
From a newspaper article today comes the following quote: Immigration prosecutions have steeply risen over the last five years, while white-collar prosecutions have fallen by 18 percent, weapons prosecutions have dropped by 19 percent, organized … [Continue reading]
A small defense of the Calvinists
Having jumped on the Calvinists on the issue of the Early Church Fathers and history, I thought it would be only fair to mount a small defense of Calvinists on one issue. Calvinists are regularly accused of agreeing with the phrase that is so often … [Continue reading]
The scandal of Church history
In 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul says: Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless … [Continue reading]
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