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Depression afflicts all ages but especially those at later stages of their lives. Many of those are afflicted by depression in their younger years because of chemical imbalance can be helped by antidepressants. Tragically some, who struggle despite medication, lose...
WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON AGING?
James Houston and Michael Parker in their A VISION FOR THE AGING CHURCH, ask which of these two views of aging dominates our churches today? How hard and painful are the last days of an aged man! He grows weaker every day; his eyes become dim, his ears deaf; his...
HOW DO YOU AGE SUCCESSFULLY?
James Houston (emeritus professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver) and Michael Parker (associate professor in the School of Social Work and at the Center of Mental Health & Aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and adjunct...
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE SPECTACLE
Mario Vargas Llosa (b.1936) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. He is a Peruvian novelist, politician, journalist and college professor. A classical liberal by conviction he commands great respect in Latin America. His latest book, Notes on the Death of...
WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR LATER LIFE?
Pastoring a congregation where most of the members are retired from their careers I am constantly needing to reflect on what are appropriate expectations for them at their stage in life. We are not preoccupied with children’s or youth ministry, nor with young...
Should Kim Davis Resign? An Argument Against.
Joe Carter for The Gospel Coalition has written this perceptive post on the Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk Christian liberty conflict. ...
IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION A MATTER OF CHOICE? DOES YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST TRUMP YOUR SEXUAL DESIRES?
Rosario Champagne Butterfield is a former tenured professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University who is now the wife of a Reformed Presbyterian pastor. She became a Christian in 1999 after a series of lesbian relationships and a promoter of LGBT...
A GUIDE FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
I have been reading The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek. It is described as an “unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics.” Originally published in 1944 it was seen as heretical for its passionate warning...
WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO STOCK MARKET VOLATIVITY?
What has been your reaction to the turmoil in the stock markets? Have you lost sleep over it? Are you checking the business news all the time? How do you handle the down times in your lives, when you get discouraged, and feel that you are less able to cope than you...
WHY THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF CONSERVATISM ARE MORAL ISSUES
Conservative Heroes by Garland S. Tucker III illustrates and describes what it means to be an American conservative in the lives and writings of fourteen people. Garland Tucker identifies five concepts of conservative political philosophy. 1. A realistic view of...
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