Author: Roger Harned
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a Brief Apologetic for Doctrine
Doctrine (of the Common Era) Defined A doctrine is a set of principles or beliefs, especially religious ones. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Synonyms: teaching, principle, belief, opinion Quite simply EVERYONE has doctrines WE believe, beliefs and opinions WE teach unyieldingly or perhaps underpinning our speech subtly. Due to its everyday influence on our lives…
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in the time of old age
Funerals and Feasts It seems that Providence has brought me to more funerals than feasts lately. We thank God for those wedding feasts and monthly social gatherings of friends. Births of children and grandchildren bring great joy to the hearts of the living and memories of our aging generation. But now that I have surpassed…
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Ghosts of Christmas’ Past
We are of course familiar with the image of ghosts of Christmas’ past thanks to Charles Dickens, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ penned in A.D. 1843. Dickens points toward a morality of generosity during a great 19th century division between a well-off gentry class and the working poor. Even today his theme of the repentance of Scrooge…
