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- On Titus 1:15 and How to Choose Your “Lens” Carefully in a Polarizing Political Age
- The Power of Prudence to Withstand the Geo-Political “Ragenado”
- A Timeless Thanksgiving Story: “The Travelers”–Redux
- On the Consequences of Elections, Rightness, and Righteousness
- On Political Lawlessness–for Those Who Still Have Ears to Hear: Vote
- “A Season of Man-Hating,” by Cindy Burrell @Hurtbylove.com
- On Jesus’ End Times Childbirth Analogy: When the Water Breaks–Three Views
- Free Speech Redux: “When Words Become Crimes: A Novel Idea on the Hidden Danger of PC Speech”
- NEW SERIES: On John 16:13 and What He Said Today–Introduction and Sample
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- Are We At the “Prequel” to Jesus’ Childbirth Analogy? Is It A Time of “Spiritual Decathexing”?
- On How to Foretell Certain Changes, Temporal and Spiritual–Featuring Also the Metonic Cycle (Redux)
- On Prayer (Maybe Not What You’ve Been Thinking)
- 12 Ways to Rise Above the Political Rage and Get Back to Civility
- On the Power of Careful Investigation and Critical Thinking: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Votes Pro Kavanaugh for SCOTUS
- Are We Getting Even Closer to A Mobocracy in the United States?
- “I Am A Woman…outraged by sexual assault being exploited to dismantle the foundation of American jurisprudence” by Linda Goudsmit
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- Part 3, Why Many Catholics Still Won’t Leave: Signs and Wonders
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Merely Well Behaved—or Beloved and Gifted? (On Joseph of Genesis)
Phyllis Nissila MERELY WELL BEHAVED? I have heard yet another preacher expound on the superior character of Joseph of Old Testament fame who was betrayed by his brothers, unjustly accused by his master’s wife, imprisoned and then forgotten by two … Continue reading
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On Law, Grace, and the Joy of the Race
Phyllis Nissila GOING PAST THE GOLD When I think about talented runners I think about two people: 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Eric Liddell, the inspiration for the Chariots of Fire story and film [1], and let’s call him “Charlie,” a … Continue reading
On God’s Equal Parts Judgement and Love in This “End Times” Age
Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing (Matthew … Continue reading →