Christianity is the way, the truth and the life
The beauty of the university is in its initial form – the unification of diversity. People are encouraged in universities to develop the knowledge, abilities and skills to critically examine a variety of alternative points of view and to solve complex problems. In such a rich environment, students are encouraged to learn about new ideas, …
In the book of Acts (5: 34-39), Luke records the prescient words of a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who had questioned the wisdom of the persecution of Peter and other apostles: “But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men …
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My family and I live in Florida and were recently visited by a powerful hurricane named Irma. As I’m writing this, the Weather Channel has identified another powerful hurricane churning out in the ocean: Maria. Right now, models are predicting it will avoid Florida but our friends in the Carolinas may not be so fortunate. …
The intention of this very brief blog is to share a post from the United States Library of Congress on the campaign against the religious from the Soviet Union under Stalin and Khrushchev between the 1920s and 1985. Source: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/anti.html “The Soviet Union was the first state to have as an ideological objective the elimination …
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