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2023-01-27T03:45:14-05:00

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What We Can Learn From The Story Of Abba Apphy

Last updated on: January 27, 2023 at 3:45 am By Henry Karlson

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Early monastic literature contained within it an ambivalent picture of the ecclesiastic structure of the church. On the one hand, the structure was recognized as important, and necessary. On the other hand, they saw that those who got drawn into it, seeking or even being elevated to positions of authority such as priests or bishops found their spiritual lives tended to diminish as they had to deal with the public instead their own private spiritual development. This often meant bishops... Read more

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2023-01-24T07:16:13-05:00

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DeSantis And The Teaching Of History

Last updated on: January 24, 2023 at 7:16 am By Henry Karlson

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We are to remember the past, including, and especially the wrongs which were done, but also the way those wrongs were overcome. Christians should look to and accept history as it is presented in secular sources, even as they can interpret it in a way to believe that God had a role in the shaping of history. That is, though God has made room for human freedom, and so much of history is the representation of what humanity has done... Read more

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2023-01-30T15:18:10-05:00

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Most Debates Will Not Produce Faith

Last updated on: January 30, 2023 at 3:18 pm By Henry Karlson

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One of the worst approaches to the Christian faith is to treat it as if it were something which can be easily proven through argumentation, acting as if someone did not agree with such arguments, they must be a bad thinker. The Christian faith, indeed, any faith, or scientific examination, or philosophical engagement with truth, should not to be treated as a simple ideology which can be easily proven to others. This is what so many so-called apologists fail to... Read more

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2023-01-22T03:49:09-05:00

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Zacchaeus Shows Us The Way Beyond Injustice

Last updated on: January 22, 2023 at 3:49 am By Henry Karlson

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Zacchaeus, even if he tried to be an ethical tax collector, still was a tax collector, and he made his money, his wealth, on the backs of others. Tax collecting was much different in ancient Rome than it is today, as tax collectors were given a percentage of the money they collected as their pray. He was not as bad as they could come. He wanted to think good of himself. He knew tax collecting was important, even if the... Read more

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2023-01-18T13:47:16-05:00

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Republicans Are Using The Debt Ceiling To Promote Evil Policies

Last updated on: January 18, 2023 at 1:47 pm By Henry Karlson

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The Republicans, especially those in the House, seem hell-bent to destroy the common good (and so, create evil in its wake). They plan to use whatever power they have to grab after more power for themselves, making sure less and less people can effectively oppose them and their policies. They are nihilistic, which is why they are willing to destroy the United States if they do not get what they want. They have no interest in helping others, though they... Read more

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2023-01-17T03:46:52-05:00

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We Should Follow Christ For Grace, Not Mere Material Profit

Last updated on: January 17, 2023 at 3:46 am By Henry Karlson

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We are not to follow Jesus, and use Jesus, for the sake of personal gain or profit, that is, we are not to turn the Christian faith into a mere business opportunity. Sadly, it seems, this has been a problem for a long time. People see an opportunity to profit off of the faith of others. This is why we can see St. Antony the Great write against this tendency in his letters, such as when he said: “But those... Read more

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2023-01-16T03:07:32-05:00

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Interfaith Witness

Last updated on: January 16, 2023 at 3:07 am By Henry Karlson

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Martin Luther King Jr. understood that the civil rights movement needed to bring all of the people of the United States together. He knew that it needed people from all walks of life, every corner of society, if it were to be successful. He also knew that those who gained the most from systematic injustices would not want things to change, and so they would not only resisting joining in with his work, they would do everything they could to... Read more

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2023-01-15T03:48:59-05:00

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We Should Embrace Hope, Even In The Midst Of Failures

Last updated on: January 15, 2023 at 3:48 am By Henry Karlson

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We can hope that we everyone will be saved because our God is a living God, one who has come into the world to save all humanity (and, indeed, all creation). And yet, while Scripture is clear that God works for the salvation of all, this does not mean we to do nothing ourselves. We know that our work, however imperfect it is, can be taken in by God and used by God as a means by which God’s grace... Read more

General Christian

2023-01-13T03:44:18-05:00

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The Threat Of Mass Extinction Is Real

Last updated on: January 13, 2023 at 3:44 am By Henry Karlson

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The mythic stories recorded in Genesis, however one interprets or reads them in regards to history, should still be used to teach Christians many lessons such as the idea that humanity is called to take care of and protect the earth. Humanity was given stewardship over the earth, not so that they can exploit it and use it for their every whim, but to preserve it, protecting those living on it from needless harm. If they fail that, that is,... Read more

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2023-01-11T03:48:09-05:00

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Teachers Need Wisdom, Knowledge And Experience

Last updated on: January 11, 2023 at 3:48 am By Henry Karlson

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As a society, we encourage people not only to be prideful, but also to be narcissistic, so that they think all they need to do is live their lives fulfilling their every whim, even if it comes at the expense of the common good. Most of us have learned that lesson well. We try to make ourselves the center of the universe, subjecting everything to us as if our will, our desires, was absolute. We not only think we know... Read more

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