This article was originally published on 10 April 2020 For Christians, this week is the most important of the year. And this year’s Holy Week is, around the world, unlike any other. With churches shut, and services either cancelled or streamed online from all-but empty buildings, people will have to find their own space for contemplation. And that goes for non-believers,... Read more
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Why Easter is music to my ears
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, Creative, Interesting, MusicPolitical Possibilities for an Exhausted Evangelical – The Austin Stone Community Church
January 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Christianity, ReligionWell written; balanced perspective. mrossol https://austinstone.org/resources/blog/political-possibilities-for-an-exhausted-evangelical/
an argument that trump should be removed from office
December 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Christianity, Impeachment, TrumpThis editorial in a recent Christianity Today edition offers reasons why Christians should support removal of President Trump. It gives me pause.. Christianity Today – Dec. 19, 2019 In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith. The impeachment of Donald Trump is a... Read more
Science vs. Darwinism | WORLD News Group
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, ScienceAnn Gauger received her bachelor’s degree from MIT, did a postdoc at Harvard University, and received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington’s department of zoology. Her scientific writing has appeared in Nature, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and other scientific publications. These establishment credentials are helpful because she’s also involved with the Discovery Institute, the world leader in developing and... Read more
‘Nobody can hurt me’ | WORLD News Group
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, Islam, Religious PersecutionWell, President Trump? How big are your cajones? ======= On the night before her final hearing before Pakistan’s Supreme Court, Asia Bibi had a dream. “I saw in a dream that all the doors of the prison are open,” she described, “and I’m worrying that if the jail superintendent comes she will be very furious.” Hope can burn from the faintest wick. For... Read more
Death of a Martyr
November 27 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, ReligionI am not sure I agree completely with the author, but he has some points that bear consideration. ===== WSJ 11/26/2018 By Tunku Varadarajan North Sentinel Island lies 500 miles to the east of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is inhabited by 50 to 150 people—no one knows how many for sure—descended from Stone Age migrants from Africa... Read more