ALL THOSE CHINESE CHRISTIANS CAN’T BE WRONG: THE CULTURE-SHAPING POWER OF CHRISTIANITY By Eric Metaxas, April 28, 2014 at:  www.breakpoint.org      At the time of Chairman Mao Zedong’s death in 1976, Christianity in China seemed on the verge of extinction.    Less than four decades later though, not only has Christianity […]
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Painting above:Â The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulcher on the Morning of the Resurrection Eugene Burnand (1850-1921) ********************************* Â Â Â (…continued) Â There are those who are like John, ready and willing to believe, and have believed all their life. Â And there are those more like Thomas, hesitant, doubting, needing more information, and
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Painting above:Â Doubting Thomas, Caravaggio (1571-1610) ********************************* Â Â Â There are IQ tests to measure your intelligence quotient, which is how you compare to others in the ability to think and comprehend and figure things out. Â There is also something called an EQ test to measure your emotional quotient, which is how you compare to
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Image above: 1688 edition of the Small Catechism by Martin Luther  (1483-1546) ************************* From Martin Luther’s Small Catechism (1529) (1929 translation) —————————————— THE FIRST ARTICLE:  I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. What does this mean? I believe that God has created me and all that exists; that he has
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From The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, 1869, J. B. Lippincott Publishers, Philadelphia    There lived in Poughkeepsie a venerable lady and her talented son-in-law.  The former was exceedingly anxious about the latter, because of his loose and infidel opinions on religious subjects.  “Oh, sir!” the lady said to me (Bishop Chase), “I wish you
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A recent scientific discovery is being called the “smoking gun” of the Big Bang Theory.  But if there was a gun and a bang, Who pulled the trigger?  Today’s meditation is adapted from the April 1, 2014 blog by John Stonestreet at   www.breakpoint.org    You’ve likely heard of the Big Bang theory.  But you
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      The country western hit Believe by Brooks and Dunn is by itself enough for a meditation, so I do not have much to add.  The song was written by Ronnie Dunn and Craig Wiseman.  It was released in October 2005 on the Hillbilly Delux album. Believe won the 2006 Country Music
     I feel sorry for kids these days– and by kids I mean anyone younger than 50 years old.  I feel sorry for them because they missed out on all the best music.  These poor kids did not get the chance to grow up with great music like we more fortunate Baby Boomers.
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By C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, 1952    I remember once when I had been giving a talk to the R.A.F., an old, hard-bitten officer got up and said, “I’ve no use for all that stuff.  But, mind you, I’m a religious man too. I know there’s a God. I’ve felt Him:  out alone in the
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Above:Â An engraving of the Nativity from a 15th century hand-copied devotional book, created around the time of Luther’s birth and just before the widespread use of the printing press. ***************** From ‘ Sermon for Christmas Day’; Text: Luke 2:1-14; by Martin Luther (1483-1546)Â Â Â Â …Behold how very ordinary and common things are to
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