by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 18, 2017 | Aging, Atheism, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
I am leading a class on the Christian attitude to dying using material from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith I expected a half dozen or so participants and forty three turned up....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 15, 2017 | Church, Jesus, Witness, Worship
John Chrysostom (which means the Golden-mouthed for his great preaching) was born in Antioch, Syria of Greek parents in 349 A.D. He was appointed Archbishop of Constantinople in 397 and was exiled by the Emperor Arcadius in 405 for his criticism of the Empress...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2017 | Atheism, Morality, Science, The World
In an article in the New York Times, Justin McBrayer, professor of philosophy at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado points out the fallacy of those who seek to separate fact from opinion in public schools. It illustrates the moral relativism that pervades our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2017 | Church, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, The World, Witness, Worship
From: World Israel News The new London: 423 new mosques; 500 closed churches April 3, 2017 The East London mosque. (Wikicommons) Given current trends, Christianity in England is becoming a relic, while Islam will be the religion of the future, an analyst predicts....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2017 | Faith, Healing, Jesus, Suffering
Peter Hitchens in FIRST THINGS, February 2017 writes a provocative article entitled, THE FANTASY OF ADDICTION. He maintains that “addiction” describes a power greater than the will. “If it exists in the way we use it and in the way our legal and medical systems assume...
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