The fourth detailed conversion in the book of Acts is that of the man who would become the apostle to the nations – Saul of Tarsus. This is also the most lengthy and detailed record under study as it is recounted in three parts with varying detail (in the eighth, twenty-second and twenty-sixth chapters of […]

Sexist Trinity?
The Presbyterian National Assembly has agreed to allow churches to change how they refer to the holy Christian Trinity of “Father, Son and Holy Spirit” — because the traditional phrasing promotes men as superior to women.
Some “alternative phrasings” proposed by the church? “Mother, Child and Womb,” “Rock, Redeemer and Friend,” and “Lover, Beloved, Love.”
Presbyterian […]

Some observations and reservations — with a comment or two:
The same government school system that wants minors to be allowed to obtain an abortion without adult permission or without notifying their parents won’t permit those same students to take an aspirin on their own.
It is now possible to spend more time in jail for killing […]

McCarrick Says Church Could ‘Live With’ Civil Unions
Washington (RNS) Outgoing Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said this week (June 7) that the Catholic Church “can live with” civil unions between homosexual couples “in order to protect their right to take care of each other.” –a Reuter’s posting by Daniel Burke, found on the Religion and Ethics […]

‘Da Vinci’ Revelation
“The Da Vinci Code” presumes that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had children. Some see it as the most blasphemous assault on Christianity ever.
Critics have organized protests and written articles railing against it. Yet every media outlet has publicized or promoted the movie, regardless of Christian sensitivities.
Properties destroyed by protesters: Zero. […]

The third of the nine most detailed records of conversion found in the New Testament is also found in the eighth chapter of the Acts of Apostles (8:26 – 40) as was the previous. It is the story of the conversion to Christ of an official of the government of Ethiopia, whose conversion occurred while […]