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Christian Journey: Scripture and Tradition
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Sermon on the Mount - Carl Henrich Bloch - 1877. This view might surprise many Christians who either reject or belittle tradition out of a mistaken notion that sola scriptura. Scripture alone) means Scripture stripped from any churchly context of tradition. It also may surprise many Catholic Christians who view tradition as a parallel, or even an independent source of authoritative teaching, or even as revelation. Inspired by an Angel. Christ Pantocrator - Mosaic in Hagia Sophi.
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Christian Journey: Born At The Right Time
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Sunday, December 14, 2014. Born At The Right Time. In 1990, Paul Simon wrote a song, Born At The Right Time. Featured in his album, The Rhythm Of The Saints. Which received a Grammy for Album of the Year, and peaked at #4 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. (The song played twice in the album, once with his full band - and a second time as an acoustic demo.) He then decided to name his following 1991 tour, the Born At The Right Time Tour. Where I examine it.) I largely understood the song as speaking to t...
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Christian Journey: Who (or What) is a Catholic (or a catholic)? - Part 7
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Sunday, August 4, 2013. Who (or What) is a Catholic (or a catholic)? There is a common saying among Catholics, "Once a Catholic always a Catholic." This means, under Canon Law (the Catholic Church's bylaws), once you have been baptized in a Roman Catholic Church, or have been received into it, you are recognized as a Catholic for life. Pew Forum survey - Faith in Flux - 2009. Another way to look at this is once you have been raised as a Catholic, the values imprinted in you largely stay for life (or at l...
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Christian Journey: The Commanding Heights (Book)
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Friday, April 4, 2014. The Commanding Heights (Book). I finished reading " The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. The book focuses on this battle through the ideas of the two leading economists of the 20th Century, Frederick Von Hayek. However, well into the later half of the 20th Century, this trend reversed as government control seemed to cause more harm than good. Leaders began undoing many government controls and relied more upon the free markets to solve economic problems....After...
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Christian Journey: Jury Duty - Part 1
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Monday, September 1, 2014. Jury Duty - Part 1. Much to my surprise, I served on a jury for 5 weeks. I was surprised because I am an attorney, and attorneys hardly ever serve on a jury, at least in the past, though apparently the times are a changing (a Bob Dylan line). [It's interesting that though lawyers serve the courts in many capacities, our legal system usually seeks non-lawyers to weigh the evidence at trial.]. A tougher decision was whether the teen himself was also negligent. Though the Vehi...
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Christian Journey: Who (or What) is an Evangelical? - Part 2
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Saturday, April 6, 2013. Who (or What) is an Evangelical? At the root of the word "evangelical," is good news, glad tidings, or a good message. The New Testament Greek word, ε. Αγγέλιον, (transliterated euangelion. In English, we get the word gospel from this, since the Old English word, gōd-spell,. Means the same thing. Four Evangelist - Irish Book of Krells. This is why Christians refer to the four authors of the gospels as the Four Evangelists. Back to Part 1. On to Part 3. In this blog, I appreciate ...
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Christian Journey: St. Valentine's Day
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Thursday, February 13, 2014. Why do we celebrate St. Valentine's Day with declarations of love? Who was St. Valentine anyway? Does anyone care who he really was anymore? Apparently, we know very little factually about what may be among the most famous of the officially recognized saints. Instead, we have several hagiographies (biographies of saints - sometimes considered unreliable) about him. He is associated with lovers because according to at least one hagiographa, as a priest (or a bishop) he. Many o...
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Christian Journey: Who (or What) is an Evangelical? - Part 9
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Saturday, July 13, 2013. Who (or What) is an Evangelical? The National Association of Evangelicals. Likely represents the broadest representations of Evangelicals in the United States. (They form part of the Worldwide Evangelical Alliance. They have a specific webpage in their website where they describe What is an Evangelical? This is what they say (similar to what I said in Part 6. What is an Evangelical? Evangelicals take the Bible seriously and believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Biblicism: a...
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Christian Journey: Commanding Heights (Video)
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Thursday, April 17, 2014. In my last post. I discussed a book, The Commanding Heights. In 2002, PBS (WGBH) produced and aired a 6 hour documentary based on the book called, " Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. If you don't have the time for the book, the documentary is an excellent summary of the ideas and materials covered in the book. Plus it covers some additional materials (since the book was completed in 1998, 4 years before the documentary). In addition, PBS has a website. In thi...
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Christian Journey: Introduction
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. I believe God created the Cosmos, including this Earth, and created mankind in his image. Therefore, I believe this is a good World, though it has its problems, and that other persons are noble and worthy, though they have their problems. I want to appreciate other people, what they do, say, and create, even if I might disagree with their view or with what they do. Recently and plan to start on. At the same time, I am studying about oil through a book,. In this blog, I appreciat...
