Tag Archives: First Things

Playing the persecution card

First Things is the monthly publication of The Institute on Religion and Public Life. While the publication, and the Institute, has a decidedly Roman Catholic leaning, it is nevertheless “an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance … Continue reading

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One plain Bible please; hold the fixings

A variation of the article first appeared in ChristianWeek on June 5, 2009. ____________________ My first experience with study Bibles came as a young teen when my Scofieldian pastor encouraged me to buy my own copy of the Scofield Reference … Continue reading

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Don’t fritter your life away

SKYPING, Instant Messaging, Voice Mail, Email, Blogging, Twittering, Facebooking …. There is no shortage to ways we can remain connected with one another, and in so doing, consume the hours each day provides. In the latest issue of First Things, … Continue reading

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