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Imagine that you have a big house and ample land. Imagine further that a refugee shows up at your door asking if he might camp out in your backyard for awhile. You are moved to compassion and say OK. A little later he asks if some of his relatives, who are also homeless, might also […]
Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Education: largely self educated Occupation: merchant, postmaster, surveyor, lawyer Political Affiliation: Whig, Republican —————————————————————————— Religious Affiliation: none Summary of Religious Views: Abraham Lincoln loved to read the Bible, but he was never a Christian. In his younger days he was described by friends and associates as either an infidel or an atheist, but […]
C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and Sadhu Sundar Singh
Links In A Golden Chain: © Copyright 1996, by Kathryn Lindskoog. ——————————————————————————– For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. Alfred, Lord Tennyson George MacDonald’s spiritual influence upon C. S. Lewis is common knowledge, but until now Sadhu Sundar Singh’s influence upon C. S. Lewis […]
Lindy’s Testimony
[Our urban-missionary-daughter Lindy’s testimony. Rowland and Jan Croucher]. Equal at the foot of the cross Lindy Croucher If I had come across the missionary organization Urban Neighbours of Hope and a commitment to poverty as a twenty-year-old, it would have seemed weird and extreme to me. I was private schooled, middle class, and very actively […]
Major Influencers on Churches
Pastors Reveal Major Influencers on Churches January 14, 2005 (Ventura, CA) – Billy Graham may not be as active or as publicly visible as he once was, but he remains the most trusted spokesman for the Christian faith in the U.S. His ministry peers also regard him as the person who has the greatest influence […]
The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050207/photoessay/index.html (February 2005) (However, J I Packer is British, and professor of theology at Regent College,Vancouver, Canada. When I lived in Canada they gave me the impression that Americans owned the place 🙂 Rowland.
Tom Hanks is an Orthodox Christian
Tom Hanks on the road to religion By Judy West He’s as American as apple pie, but Tom Hanks likes to keep a distance between his private and professional lives. His latest movie, the Coen brothers’ version of The Ladykillers, opens this week and marks his return to comedy, but as always, there is a […]
I Have a Dream
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons […]
Gastro and Godliness
This week I have been most unwell. I have been suffering from gastro-enteritis! Because I have had major surgery on my digestive system, I now find that I very easily become ill if I eat anything which is not good for me. I also react very markedly to any infections which may be going around. […]
Martin Luther
“Mark T” : Martin LutherQuotes “Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads….” (Martin Luther) “Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid […]
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