By Bill Guerrant on 08/27/2010
In the 4th Century A.D. the Roman emperor Julian was concerned about the spread of Christianity in his empire…He wrote: “Nothing has contributed to the progress of the superstition of these Christians as their charity to strangers. The impious Galileans provide not only for their own poor, but for ours as well.”
Posted in Church & World History, Features, Social Justice | Tagged caring for the poor, christian faith, Christians, Church History, embodying our faith, history, Jesus followers, Julian the Apostate, love, margins of empire, mercy, mission, Poverty, Roman empire, Social Justice |
By Jason Fowler on 05/23/2010
“…It is not for you to know times and epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses…”
Posted in Church & World History, Features, Voice of One Calling | Tagged Church History, evangelism, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Pentecost, Shavuot, Spirit-filled living |
By Jason Fowler on 04/30/2010
What good is it to think we can set a viable course into the future without bringing with us the lessons and wisdom of previous generations? Shouldn’t we too be picking and digging through the buried past for the wisdom and understanding we need today?…
Posted in Church & World History, Voice of One Calling | Tagged archeology, farms, history, old bottles, rural living, time, trash, wisdom |
By Paul Littleton on 12/18/2009
I suspect that as long as the church remains in the world there will be reform movements calling her to greater faithfulness. I’d have to agree with the Protestant Reformers who believed that that was a good thing. Not perfect. But good. Semper Reformanda. Always Reforming.
Posted in Church & World History, Features, Theology | Tagged christian faith, Church History, church reform, monasticism, New Monasticism, new wineskins, Paul Littleton, reformation, semper reformanda, Theology |
By Rachel Timm on 11/27/2009
A Hasidic story tells of a rabbi’s son who used to wander in the woods. The rabbi asked his son, “I wonder why each day you walk in the woods?” The boy replied, “I go there to find God.” “That’s very good, son. But, don’t you know that God is the same everywhere?” “Yes,” the boy answered, “but I’m not.”
Posted in Church & World History, Features, Life In The Spirit | Tagged celtic christianity, Church History, hasidic story, nature, Prayer, solitude, thin places |
By Charles Moore on 08/26/2009
The swine flu, and the possibility of a world pandemic, is not only in the news, it is unnerving. One has only to recall history to realize that global killers have plagued human civilization before. Gruesome details abound. But, surprisingly, so do acts of love.
Posted in Church & World History, Features | Tagged christian community, Church History, pandemic, Social Justice |
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