It is about 30 years after John’s death, about 80 years after the crucifixion. The man is Ignatius, the second bishop of Antioch after the Apostle Peter. The crucifixion was about as long ago to Ignatius as World War I is to us, and the veterans had taught him well to remember what had happened […]
(From a liberal Christian netfriend): Soul Survivor (How my faith survived the Church) – Philip Yancey The Varieties of Religious Experience – William James Letters and Papers From Prison – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Fit Bodies, Fat Minds (Why Evangelicals don’t think and what to do about it) – Os Guinness On Being A Christian – Hans […]
Thursday, December 11, 2003 An interesting tidbit from the latest Sojourners weekly… Who preachers are reading Catholic and Protestant clergy surveyed about their reading habits were asked the question: “Other than the Bible, what three authors do you read most often in your work as a pastor?” Here are the top five picks from each […]
Melissa Baker (Sydney, 2003). In our society today we have become far too complacent and our eyes are shut off to what is happening around us. Perhaps this has something to do with the state of affairs in the world in this present age and the need to protect ourselves, but in the midst of […]
You may want to update this page on your web site http://jmm.org.au/articles/11723.htm This is the column written by Cal Thomas published August 14, 2003 http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20030805.shtml Last month in Washington, 50 people attended a private screening of actor Mel Gibson’s new film, “The Passion,” about the last 12 hours in the earthly life of Jesus Christ. […]
******************************************* ‘Honest To God’ (SCM, London: 1963) For in place of a God who is literally or physically ‘up there’ we have accepted, as part of our mental furniture, a God who is spirtitually or metaphysically ‘out there’. p. 13 [Robinson argues against this theistic concept.] After it had been discredited scientifically, it continued to […]
Preview, interview and photos here: http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/passion.htm
Babette’s Feast Valerie O’Connell Babette’s Feast was first written in English as a short story. It was originally published in 1953 in the Ladies Home Journal. It was translated into Danish for radio performances and subsequently translated by the author Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) into Danish as part of a collection of five short stories […]
The Passion, Mel Gibson’s movie about Christ’s final hoursThe Passion, Mel Gibson’s movie about Christ’s final hours This letter was written by the daughter of James Dobson. It was written after a private screening she and her father had of “The Passion”, Mel Gibson’s movie about Christ’s final hours. Dear Friends: A couple months ago, […]
Keith A Fournier is a constitutional lawyer and a graduate of the John Paul II Institute of the Lateran University, Franciscan University and the University of Pittsburgh. He holds degrees in Philosophy, theology and law. He has been a champion of religious liberty and appeared as CO-counsel in major cases at the United States Supreme […]