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Missionary John Thayer
John Thayer (1755-1815) was a New England convert, educated at Yale where he was taught that all things Roman Catholic were despicable. Then he went to Europe and underwent a conversion—a most unexpected religious change. He wrote a book about … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged bible, Christianity, church-history, Great Commission, history, missionary, Religion
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God’s Shadow over History
Jean-Pierre Caussade in Abandonment to Divine Providence writes truthfully that God is behind all historical events. If so, then it is God’s will that the United States is in 2025 exactly where He wills it to be. And further, that … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, divine, faith, god, Jesus, Providence
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God is with Us in Each and Every Moment: The Teaching of Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
Jean-Pierre de Caussade, an eighteenth-century French Jesuittheologian, provided a seminal study of God’s will in Abandonment to Divine Providence. Caussade writes that to sense God in each present moment that connects the past and future moments sets the mind to … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, divine, faith, god, Jesus, Providence
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Martyr for Christ: Jean de Brébeuf (1593-1649)
The images of the great martyrs of the past, those disciples and followers of Christ who committed their all—body and soul—to the Great Commission, to spread the word to all creatures worldwide, inspired Jean de Brébeuf as a young man … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, french-missionaries, god, Great Commission, Jesus, martyr, new-france, roman-catholicism
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St. James, a Son of Thunder
James the son of Zebedee and brother of John the Apostle was one of the first disciples of Jesus, was a fiery personality completely committed to the Great Commission, and was the first martyr of Jesus’ disciples. The Gospels … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, FAQs of Christianity
Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, roman-catholicism, saints
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Saint Athanasius: Saint and Doctor of the Church
Athanasius (196-373 AD) lived a long and varied life subject to philosophical, political, and theological controversies, violence, exile, and contentious relations with the most powerful rulers of his time, the Roman Emperors. Athanasius is well known for the Creed named … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, creeds, faith, fourth-century-ad, history, Jesus, roman-catholicism
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God’s Providence: What did Early American Religious Thinkers Believe about the Role of God in Human Affairs?
The eighteenth century in America was a time of awakening from the slumber of the past. Light was shed on the darkness of superstition, irrationality, autocracy, aristocratic privilege, and dogma. The individual, weighed down by the chains of time, institutions, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Christianity, God's Providence
Tagged bible, Christianity, Early American Christians, god, history, Protestants, Providence, Religion, theology
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The Mirror of the Past is found in Books
The mirror of the past is the only way to peer at the image of what is human. The reflection is darkened by time and sin. Specters of the dead, haunting the dusty stacks of long-ago thoughts, turn up repeatedly, … Continue reading
Posted in books, Christianity, Review of books written by Russell Lawson
Tagged bible, books, history, philosophy, Plutarch
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FAQs of Christianity
(Answers are Found in the Past) FAQ 1: What is a Christian? This initial question yields the many questions that follow because Christianity is an old religion, entering into its third millennium, based on an even older religion, that of … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, church, god, Gospels, Jesus, New Testament, Old Testament
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God, the Creator of Self
According to Psalm 139 of the Old Testament, “O Lord, Thou hast proved me, and known me.” This psalm is a wonderful source of essential knowingness, a source of truthfulness, a source in which a person knows God and knows … Continue reading
The American Plutarch 