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2025-12-04T06:34:34-05:00

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Navigating Assumptions In Interpretation

Last updated on: December 4, 2025 at 6:34 am By Henry Karlson

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When we read a text, we bring with us all kinds of assumptions, assumptions which establish the hermeneutical lens we use to interpret it. This is especially true with Scripture. Our present living situation is quite different from the writers of Scripture; this is why we should know that our engagement of their texts will not be different from theirs. This is not a bad thing. This is how a text is made to be a living text: we must... Read more

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2025-12-03T02:26:58-05:00

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The Powers That Be Often Do Not Give Us A Choice

Last updated on: December 3, 2025 at 2:26 am By Henry Karlson

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By our nature, we are persons, and as persons, we are relational and therefore communal beings. We might fight against it, trying to cut ourselves off from everyone else and become totally independent individuals, but we cannot. We exist in relation to others, starting with our parents, showing that our very existence has us dependent upon others. We can’t do everything all by ourselves. Sadly, we have been led to believe otherwise. Individualism tells us everything lies on our own... Read more

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2025-12-01T02:17:29-05:00

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Why Do Many Christians Show Indifference To Political Lies?

Last updated on: December 1, 2025 at 2:17 am By Henry Karlson

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Lying is an intrinsic evil. “Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight” (Prov. 12:22 RSV). Because of the ontological connection between truth and goodness, when we lie, we attack and hurt that which is good. This is why lying is classified as an intrinsic evil, for when we lie, we always denigrate the good which lies behind the truth that is being falsified. Therefore, we should not be surprised that the... Read more

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2025-11-30T03:07:47-05:00

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Celebrating St. Andrew: His Life, Death, And Eternal Hope

Last updated on: November 30, 2025 at 3:07 am By Henry Karlson

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Today, we remember St. Andrew the Apostle. While tradition tells us some things about him, including the way he died, we should not neglect what we can learn about him from Scripture. He was the brother of Peter, and, even when Peter was married, it seems as if they lived in the same house (cf. Mk. 1:29). They were fishermen by trade, though they also appear to be religious, with Andrew having become a disciple of St. John the Baptist... Read more

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2025-11-28T02:19:44-05:00

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Engaging Eternity: The Kingdom Of God Within

Last updated on: November 28, 2025 at 2:19 am By Henry Karlson

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Bede Griffiths says many of us have been accustomed to either look to the past for some golden age which we would like the reestablish or to the future hoping that we can create in it the utopia which we desire. He says, however, that neither the past nor the future will provide what we seek, because what we want, what will satisfy is, is only found in and with the eternal kingdom of God. This is not to say... Read more

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2025-11-25T09:02:48-05:00

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The Need For Dialogue Over Debate

Last updated on: November 25, 2025 at 9:02 am By Henry Karlson

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I have long observed the way many who say that the King James Bible is the only legitimate translation of the Bible into English, if not the only proper Bible available today, try to prove their claim: they take passages from the King James translation and put them side by side with other translations, note the difference, and say that proves other translations are wrong. That is, they think the fact that others translate various difficult passages differently prove that... Read more

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2025-11-24T02:14:28-05:00

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The Prophetic Warning Of Tolkien’s Bovadium Fragments

Last updated on: November 24, 2025 at 2:14 am By Henry Karlson

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A key feature in J.R.R. Tolkien’s works is his environmentalism. He saw the degradation of the environment due to industrialization, and he believed it to be a great evil, one which could and would lead to pain, suffering, and even death. In The Lord of the Rings, Saruman took over the Shire, engaging a plan to destroy the beauty and integrity of the Shire. Trees were cut down, homes were destroyed, and the water and air was polluted by a... Read more

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2025-11-23T02:14:53-05:00

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Embracing Peace: A Call To Unity And Healing

Last updated on: November 23, 2025 at 2:14 am By Henry Karlson

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Christ is the prince of peace. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called ‘Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace’” (Isa. 9:6 RSV). Those who would turn Jesus into a warrior-messiah, someone who will conquer the world by violence, misunderstand his messianic mission. They would have Jesus give into the temptation of the devil in the desert who... Read more

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2025-11-20T06:33:24-05:00

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Preserving The Mystery While Proclaiming The Faith

Last updated on: November 20, 2025 at 6:33 am By Henry Karlson

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One of the errors many Christians have concerning their faith is that they confuse the formulations developed to explain and represent the faith with the faith itself. What we need to recognize is that these declarations, however vital and invaluable they can be, are at best approximations or pointers to truths which cannot be put down in words; that is, however well-established they are, however authoritative they are, they are derivative in nature. All such formulations rely upon human language,... Read more

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2025-11-19T03:04:46-05:00

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The Goodness Within: Realizing Our True Nature

Last updated on: November 19, 2025 at 3:04 am By Henry Karlson

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Who we are, at the core of our being, is good; our true nature is good because it was created good by God. Even if and when we defile ourselves by our actions, our nature remains, in essence, as it was created by God. It is good. We might have lost sight of it, and so misunderstand ourselves, but it remains, and it is something we need to find again, to find, as it were, our true face, the face... Read more

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