From the New York Times… Jewish Hospital a fixture in Tehran TEHRAN — Sitting in his office at Tehran’s only Jewish hospital, Ciamak Morsadegh lit another cigarette and reminisced about how his wife left Iran for the United States after he insisted on staying. Dr. Morsadegh, the director of the Dr. Sapir Hospital and Charity … More Jewish Healthcare in Iran
Via Q, an article from Christianity Today which demonstrates the link between the work of Christian missionaries and modern democracy. The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries They didn’t set out to change history. But one modern scholar’s research shows they did just that. Andrea Palpant Dilley For many of our contemporaries, no one … More How Christian Missions influenced democracy…
From a wise Editorial in the Australian… NO book has had a greater impact on Western civilisation than the Bible. Believers or not, few would disagree. The Bible has shaped our language, art and institutions. Its Christian teachings have informed our development from exploration to enlightenment, through customs to laws, forging countries and cultures. So … More The Greens don’t have a prayer…
An interesting oped in the Daily Telegraph on the way in which some groups use, or misuse, scripture to promote political aims in the name of activism. The morally superior all the way in a manger Roger Franklin IT is a good thing Jesus is the bringer of peace and forgiveness because every Christmas He must … More Bending scripture for political aims…
From an article in the Australian… RESEARCH showing Christianity is now the most widely persecuted religious group in the world should be an urgent wake-up call to all who value the principles of religious freedom and tolerance enshrined in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 65 years ago this month. Indeed, Christianity could, … More Christians under threat…
Bones has requested we add this piece on the descent of Christ. Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev: Christ the Conqueror of Hell The Descent of Christ into Hades in Eastern and Western Theological Traditions A lecture delivered at St Mary’s Cathedral, Minneapolis, USA, on 5 November 2002 The Byzantine and old Russian icons of the Resurrection of … More Descent of Christ…
December 13, 2013 By Peter Enns In church today, our rector handed out a card with an icon of St. Nicholas, similar to the one on the left. On the back of the card read the following: Nicholas was born in the 3rd century in Asia Minor. He used his entire inheritance to help the poor, sick, and children in … More St. Nicholas: what can I say, he was a beast.
We’re trying something just a little bit different at our church starting this saturday; Beer and Soul: Conversations that Matter. Help us out – what beer shoud we serve? // Post by Beer and Soul.
During the Strange Fire Conference set up by John McArthur to attack the charismatic movements, and, along with it, the Pentecostal movements, R C Sproul, who is regarded by McArthur as the foremost Reformist theologian of the present era, was asked to speak, and chose the subject ‘Undervaluing Pentecost’. R C Sproul is a gentleman, and, … More R C Sproul mangles Pentecost
Peace is something we all crave in our lives. Happily, we are told in the New Testament how peace can be a real strength to us. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in … More Peace beyond understanding…
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