There are a few images that are forever burned in one’s memory: for me the image of ‘napalm girl’ is one such. And I, too, have wondered what happened to her after the picture? What a precious ending and picture of the God of grace and forgiveness. ========= By Kim Phuc Phan Thi WSJ 12/22/2017 You may not recognize me now, but you almost... Read more
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How Martin Luther Advanced Freedom
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, Religion, Western CivilizationWSJ – 10/27/2017 Martin Luther was an unlikely revolutionary for human freedom. When the Augustinian monk hammered his “Ninety-Five Theses” to the Wittenberg Castle Church on Oct. 31, 1517— and unleashed the Protestant Reformation—he was still committed to the spiritual authority of the Catholic Church and retained many of the prejudices of European Christianity. Yet Luther’s personal experience of God’s love and... Read more
Family Loses Seven in Egyptian Attack
May 31 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, ISIS, Radical Islam, The LeftWhy isn’t the Muslim world enraged over this kind of activity by ‘their own’?? ======== WSJ 5/31/2017 BY DAHLIA KHOLAIF CAIRO—For Samia Morkous and her family, the trip to a Coptic Christian monastery was meant as a pilgrimage of gratitude for her husband’s recovery from lung surgery. Then Islamic State gunmen ambushed the tour bus south of Cairo. Her son Sameh opened the door... Read more
The Twilight of [White] Christianity
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Christianity, Western CivilizationThis has been in progress for decades… ====== By William McGurn WSJ 4/4/2017 A specter is haunting America—the specter of white Christian nationalism. If you are looking for signs, it’s not hard to find them. Inside the White House, presidential strategist Steve Bannon invokes a 1973 French novel called “The Camp of the Saints,” in which France is overwhelmed by its own compassion... Read more
