Tag: common era
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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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‘You’re NOT MY Father!’ – the prodigal C.E. Evangelical
‘You’re not my father,’ the young woman yelled at the top of her voice as her mother tried to take control of the situation. (The prodigal teen might just as well been a son rejecting the authority of his father.) Our Family Prodigal Most Christians are no doubt familiar with the scenario of Jesus’ parable…
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Thanks-taking feasts of C.E. humankind
A BIG meal of little thanks in a long season of thanklessness. Giving Thanks to the LORD O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 Chronicles 16: KJV – v.34 16:34 הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה We know the concept well — yāḏâ Yᵊhōvâ, from the Hebrew. This instance…
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So help US god – intro to christianity lite
In God WE trust? Perhaps it strikes you as strange that I introduce a treatise on Christianity, God and doctrine with an illustration from the coinage of a 20th century A.D. world power like US, The United States of America. Yet in this not-so-brave new world of the 21st century Common Era WE spend countless…
