OPRAH WINFREY RELIGION

by | Sep 16, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness

In BAD RELIGION: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, New York Times columnist, Ross Douthat analyzes current American spirituality beginning with Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, which was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts. “The message of Eat, Pray,...

AN ANCHOR FOR THE SOUL

by | Sep 7, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus

“We who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.” (Hebrews...

REST

by | Jul 16, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus

There remains a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest  (Hebrews 4:1-11). Helmut Thielicke (1908-1986) wrote: I often think...