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Plato’s Ideal Society: When will it Come about?
In Plato’s Dialogues, he argued that there is a Truth, and that this Truth is comprised of the Ideal Forms, metaphysical truths from which all concrete existence is derived (Good, Justice, Beauty). In Republic, Plato argued that only philosophers can … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, faith, Jesus, Love, philosophy, plato, socrates
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Do not Fear Death, because Perfect Love Casts out Fear
Death is the last act of life that occurs in an instant in time, yet it opens to eternity. Hence the moment and the eternal are combined at once in death. Death is a time when our perceptions of life … Continue reading
Reflections on Erich Fromm, “The Art of Loving”
For Erich Fromm (1900-1980), the German-American psychologist, love is active power, where one preserves one’s own integrity. Love helps overcome separation and anxiety, stimulates union. Love is part of a need to know, to know someone else or self. It … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, Christianity, empathy, faith, god, hope, knowledge, Love
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Son of Man
Today we celebrate the birth of the unknown, Who came to earth as all men of a mother born, He proclaimed himself unique coming to atone, For the sins of all mankind so forlorn. Such pain he took upon himself, … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, son-of-man, verse
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Christian Missionaries–Books to Read
I am a historian, and one of my favorite topics to write on is the Christian missionary experience in America.I have just reissued on Amazon a book about Baptist missionaries in America, particularly in Oklahoma: “Marking the Jesus Road: Bacone … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Bacone College, bible, books, catholics, Christianity, faith, history, Jesus, Missionaries, Protestants
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Robert Hamilton, Baptist Missionary, and the Jesus Road
Robert Hamilton, a friend and associate of Mary P. Jayne and Joseph S. Murrow, was one of the first missionaries sent by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to western Oklahoma; Hamilton worked with the Cheyenne and Arapaho people from … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged American Indians, baptists, bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, jesus-road, Missionaries
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Behold, The Handmaid of the Lord
Never has there been a more pure and holy place, one marked by God’s love and will. It is a wilderness of utter security, warmth, and peace, an environment of darkness, stillness of time, space, and consciousness. There, in the … Continue reading
The Messengers
(Note, This is the Inaugural Fulbright Lecture given at Brock University Oct. 2010) Almost two thousand years ago, the resurrected Christ appointed His disciples to become Apostles, that is, messengers. His commission to them—the Great Commission—as recorded in the Gospel … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, Jesus, Missionaries, missions
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New England Missionaries and the American Indians
We have been broken up and moved six times. We have been despoiled of our property. We thought when we moved across Missouri River and had paid for our home in Kansas we were safe, but in a few years … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, new-england-missionaries
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Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth Who was Jesus? Jesus the son of Joseph and Mary was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judaea around four to six B. C., or according to the Roman dating system of the time, 747 … Continue reading
The American Plutarch 