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Meeting of the Augustana Working Group in Wittenberg
58+ min ago (321+ words) GERMANY " The fourth meeting of the Concordia Lutheran-Catholic Augustana Working Group (AWG) took place in Wittenberg, Germany, from March 24-26, 2026. Under the chairmanship of Bishop Dr. Juhana Pohjola, Chairman of the International Lutheran Council (ILC), and Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Peter Birkhofer, the…...
Let's Tap The Breaks On The Jesus Speech In The News
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (418+ words) The past couple of weeks have created an unfortunate trend, a harangue of Jesus speech that should not be happening at all. This Jesus speech has been used for hyperbolic statements, comparisons, and even for insults in the media. And,…...
Exit, Pursued By Theosophists
15+ hour, 17+ min ago (990+ words) Put another way, Theosophy is either (a) a fringe esoteric/religious movement founded in the 1870s, one of many such marginal sects; or (b) the indispensable key to understanding Western culture in the early twentieth century. I can make a case for either…...
Didache: Part 1. The Two Ways
16+ hour, 10+ min ago (590+ words) The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations on Thursday, April 9, 2026 1. There are two Ways: a Way of Life and a Way of Death, and the difference between these two Ways is great. The Way of Life is…...
Why Would Elders Need to Be Told to take the "Low Seat?" May I Cancel EChurch?
22+ hour, 49+ min ago (668+ words) Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of Lucifer. An instrument strung, but preferring to play itself because it thinks it knows the tune better than the Musician-C. S. Lewis I have reobtained…...
A week of prayers for Samoa
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (345+ words) Share a tip or letter. An organisation called "One in Christ" is hosting a prayer conference for Samoa this week. The Samoa Prayer Conference 2017 started yesterday. The Vice Secretary of the Organisation, Pastor Taf" Faamatala said the event is an…...
The Buddhism of Yasujiro Ozu
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (351+ words) Across the filmmaker's vast and prestigious catalog, the signs of Buddhism are frequent and pointed, and yet, to reduce his films to any particular aesthetic is to miss the forest for the trees. Some filmmakers have a voice and vision…...
Are We at the End Yet?
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (303+ words) The end of all things is near. Therefore, be alert and of'sober'mind." 1 Peter 4: 7 (NIV)' A man stood at the corner of a busy intersection with a big Bible in one hand and a booming megaphone in the other.' "Listen everyone!...
The Yahweh They Don't Teach You About in Church
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1271+ words) Ask a Christian or Muslim today to describe God and it's safe to bet that you'll get the trio: all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving. Creator of the heavens and the earth, the eternal father who watches over every soul. Now open the…...
Rural Pen: To love is to be vulnerable
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (734+ words) I was knocking on the door of teenagerhood when my mom final" My youngest child is halfway through his final semester at O" A display of Jesus on the cross hangs in the cathedral in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 9, 2023. Easter…...