I started watching the TV show Lost again. It’s one of those shows I can watch repeatedly and discover something new every time, this time being no different. What strikes me this time around is the last part of the speech Jack makes in the early episodes after people gang up on ...
Read More »Can We Learn From the Apocryphal Books?
Many devout, practicing Christians read, analyze and pray about many books of the Bible. For many, this focuses on the New Testament, but still others research and delve into rather obscure Old Testament scriptures. As “God-breathed” works, studying the whole Word of God is of course key to our understanding ...
Read More »Three Miles Can Change a Life
Jake is a 10-year-old boy who lives in the orphanage with his 11-year-old brother. They have been in and out of foster care since they were taken from a drug-addicted and negligent single mother. Marie is a developmentally and mentally disabled 12-year-old girl, who has been with the orphanage for ...
Read More »Orthodox Iconographer: The Holy Icon Depicts Heavenly Realities and Transfigured Persons
In the United States approximately 75%-80% of the population calls themselves Christian. Out of that large group, only 1% is part of an Orthodox Church (OC). There are a variety of types of Orthodoxy. They generally come from Greece, Russia, or various eastern European countries. Worldwide, the OC numbers about ...
Read More »A Startling Window into Anonymous Confessions
As a follow-up to my article from last week, I did some unique research delving into what people actually reveal and confess in anonymity. I conducted this via perusal of an interesting website called simpleconfess.com. The results are- maybe- not so shocking. The premise behind Simply Confess is not Christian ...
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