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I’ve just deeply appreciated that CT will report on matters that pertain to believers, and that it’s rooted in historical orthodox Christian faith and practices a “big tent” Christianity. CT helps us learn to be faithful and see the world in a faithful way.” Kevin Brown University Pres...
From the outset I have tried to avoid saying that Jesus founded the church upon a presbyterian governmental structure. Sometimes, Reformed Protestants try to make this argument, but it lacks necessary nuance. There may be prudential or theological reasons for preferring one polity over another, ...
Finally, a word to my fellow Christians. The Orthodox Church of America says the following in anonline article on faithfulness: Faithfulness is characterized by stability of body and soul; the utter refusal to move or be moved for any unworthy reason; the complete dedication to what God gives...
He has been described as a monk or as a "strannik" (wanderer, or pilgrim), though he held no official position in the Russian Orthodox Church. After traveling to St. Petersburg, either in 1903 or the winter of 1904–05, Rasputin captivated some church and social leaders. He became a ...
1. Chinese church leader Wang Yongxin passed away at 93. Rev. Wang Yongxin Pastor Wang Yongxin left the world on January 4 of Pacific Time, at the age of 93. Wang was born into a Christian family in Beijing in 1925, and he was a third-generation Christian. In the 1970s, under the...
Although they use the words “Jesus did rise from the dead,” the Witnesses do not, in fact, believe in the Resurrection of Christ in the orthodox Christian way. The man Christ is dead forever. “The Person who died,” Russell tells us, “remained dead, and he will never be seen agai...
When America was first founded as a nation in the late 1700s, over 90% of the inhabitants were involved in agriculture. By the time of the Civil War and the presidency of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s, that number had dwindled to about 50%. ...
Established as an order of the Greek Orthodox Church, her Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary honored her aunt, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, and built on her earlier efforts giving care to those in need. Alice's convent was established on the Greek island of Tinos, where, ...