Some more of Thielicke on Spurgeon: When Spurgeon speaks, it is as if the figures of the patriarchs and prophets and apostles were in the auditorium – sitting upon a raised tribune! – looking down upon the listeners. You hear the rush of the Jordan and the murmuring of the brooks of Siloam; you see the cedars of Lebanon swaying in the wind, hear the clash and tumult of battle between the children of Israel and the Philistines, sense the safety and security of Noah’s ark, suffer the agonies of soul endured by Job and Jeremiah, hear the creak of oars as the disciples strain against the contrary winds, and feel the dread of the terrors of the apocalypse. The Bible is so close that you not only hear its messages but breathe its very atmosphere. The heart is so full of Scripture that it leavens the consciousness, peoples the imagination with its images, and determines the landscape of the soul by its climate. And because it has what might be called a total presence, the Bible as the Word of God is really concentrated life that enters every pore and teaches us not only to see and hear but also to taste and smell the wealth of reality that is spread out before us here. Those who listened to these lectures of Spurgeon lived . .
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Of Inner Screens and Communion Closets
CNN reported yesterday that Helen Thomas, dean of the White House press corps, is under fire for anti-Semitic remarks she made in an interview (YouTube) with RabbiLIVE at the May 27 American Jewish Heritage Month reception at the White House. After saying that “Israel should get the hell out of Palestine,” Thomas was asked where the Jews in Israel should go
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Helen Thomas, Dean of White House Press Corps, Under Fire For Anti-Semitic Remarks
Hindu leaders have welcomed RUSSELL BRAND’s interest in their religion, i nsisting they’ll embrace him now he appears to have put his wild past beh ind him. The funnyman recently expressed a fascination with Hinduism in a Rollin g Stone magazine …
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World News Anchor, Diane Sawyer, asks physicist Stephen Hawking about the biggest mystery he’d like solved.
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Stephen Hawking on Religion: Science Will Win (6.7.10)
A conference sponsored by the Latter-day Saint Council on Mormon Studies, and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame Held at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA March 18-19, 2011 In a world pervaded with religious fervor and seemingly perpetual war, it has become essential for religious believers to consider the realities of violent conflict and the possibilities for a more peaceful world.
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War and Peace in Our Times: Mormon Perspectives
What can one say about the Pentecostal slap-fest that is currently going on between Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and his counterpart here in the United States (his counterpart in every form of Anglican power that is meaningful, these days) Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori? Let me make a few comments that strike me as rather obvious.
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Jefferts Schori (quietly) goes Pentecostal
This story that ran in the New York Times late last month is headlined “ In Ultrasound, Abortion Fight Has New Front .” The inclusion of the word “fight” made me think the story might include perspectives from those who support abortion as well as those who don’t. And I guess, technically, the story did
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Still just a clump of cells?
The controversial Agape Ministries Church is “not a doomsday cult ” and any claims to the contrary are “a load of rubbish”, a criminal lawyer says.
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Agape Ministries Church ‘not a doomsday cult’ – lawyer
Have you ever been watching TV and see a report from an oil magnate, like the CEO of “Big Oil, Inc.” who is issuing an apology to his investors for being down in the first quarter… yet that company still … Continue reading →
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American Muslims “Indecent” Proposal regarding 9/11
Friday’s Detroit Free Press reported that the Canton Township, Michigan police have changed their policy and will no longer require persons being booked for arrest to remove head coverings if they are worn for genuine religious reasons. Booking photos will be taken with the person’s religious garb normally worn in public still on.
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Police Department To Take Booking Photos With Religious Headgear On