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Why did the early church grow so fast and so far? Tim Keller in his review of two recent books by Larry Hurtado gives three reasons: Christians were called into a unique social project that both offended and attracted people. Christianity offered a direct, personal,...
MICHAEL DIRDA ON THE VALUE OF THE ENGLISH CHRISTIAN TRADITION
I am currently enjoying reading Classics for Pleasure by Michael Dirda who received the Pulitzer Prize for his essays and reviews in the Washington Post Book World. In his brief essays on the literature of the world you are introduced to a wide range of authors who...
CHRISTMAS WITH ST. NICK
My first twenty-three Christmases were spent in my home in New Zealand where it was the middle of summer. In 1964 I sailed to England to study Theology at the University of Durham. For the first time I was feeling homesick and lonely. My first Christmas away from home...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AS SEEN IN CANDLE-LIGHTING
Theodore Dalrymple writes this article in City Journal on Candle-lighting in Berlin. http://city-journal.org/html/candle-berlin-14910.html
THE COMING OF JESUS IN OUR MIDST
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) martyred under Hitler wrote about the coming of Jesus in our midst. “Behold I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:20) When...
2016 READING LIST
Here is my annual list of reading. It is composed of old as well as new books. I have annotated my thoughts about some of the more notable books. FICTION Spies and Intrigues: The Oppenheim Secret Service Omnibus, E. Phillips Oppenheim 1936 Superb Clowns &...
CHUCK SWINDOLL AND JOHN STOTT ON PAIN: GRINNING AND GROANING
INSIGHT FOR LIVING December 07, 2016 From God's Perspective by Chuck Swindoll Romans 8:22-23 Any study of the life of the apostle Paul requires a serious look at the subject of pain. Suffering is not a pleasant subject to explore. Explaining Paul's words to the...
THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING
“We take the cruelties of the world as a given, as the known and familiar data of experience, and instead of anguishing about why the world is as it is, we look for comfort in coping with it as it is. We don’t ask for a creator who can explain Himself. We ask for a...
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
In preparing for Christmas through the season of Advent I always like to find a new source of inspiration. This year I read Timothy Keller’s, Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ. Each chapter represents at least 10 or so meditations and...
ADVENT
O LORD, my years grow long, my time short: Let me make haste with my repentance and bow head and heart: Let me not stay one day from amendment, lest I stay too long: Let me cease without delay to love my own mischief, and abandon without a backward look the unfruitful...
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