1439) “On My Way to Heaven”
We hear much about Christians, who did nothing while the Holocaust was going on all around them. But not all Christians were passive in the face of this great evil. …
We hear much about Christians, who did nothing while the Holocaust was going on all around them. But not all Christians were passive in the face of this great evil. …
By Fred Craddock, page 155, Craddock Stories, ed. by Mike Graves and Richard Ward, Chalice Press, 2001. ----------------------- Have you ever listened to a sermon in which the…
Vietnam Reflections, by Lee Teter, 1988 ------------------- (...continued) Four Scripture passages that speak to this issue... I Samuel 17 tells the familiar story of David and…
------------------ St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hanover, Minnesota; May 30, 2016 Pacifism is defined as “opposition to war or violence of any kind, and the refusal to serve in…
This Memorial Day weekend we pause to remember the many soldiers who died to defend our nation and preserve our freedom. The letter below wonderfully expresses much of what this…
By John Mansur, from The Moral Compass: Stories for Life's Journey, edited by William Bennett, 2008, pages 466-7. This is a remarkable story of sacrifice born of deep friendship. The…
By Lutheran pastor and author Walter Wangerin, in Christianity Today, page 66, August 10, 1984. (Notice the date of this article. Wangerin objects to the use of the 'R' word, and…
By Charles Colson for Breakpoint; aired 5-28-10 (www.breakpoint.org) Memorial Day is when we honor the men and women of our Armed Services who have made ‘the supreme sacrifice,’ giving their lives…
One of the strange things about the Bible is that it contains so much about sacrificing. Animals are being slaughtered all the way through the Old Testament and…