March 20, 2015

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20 Mar 2015

Three Quotes and Two Dictionary Entries

Three Quotes and Two Dictionary Entries 1. “In [a true fairy-story] when the sudden 'turn' [or 'eucatastrophe'] comes we get a piercing glimpse of joy, and heart's desire, that for a moment passes outside the frame, rends indeed the very web of story, and lets a gleam come through... The Birth of Christ is the eucatastrophe of Man's history. The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation ( J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories)”.…

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20 Mar 2015

Homosexuality Question, October 23, 2004

Dr. Willard Swartley is an outstanding New Testament exegete, whom I now consider a friend, after our meeting in 2006. I had this two-part question that did not receive an answer (not his fault) on the occasion of his presentation on the subject in Abbotsford BC in 2004. Homosexuality Question, October 23, 2004 Dr. Swartley, I have done my best over the years to follow the discussion on homosexuality in the church. I consider the…

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20 Mar 2015

Federal Candidates Questions: June 2004

Two questions that never received a response during election year 2004... One gets the idea... Federal Candidates Questions: June 2004 Mr. Warawa, the Conservative Party in its earlier incarnations was committed to upholding victims rights, and opposing criminal behaviour. According to The Langley Advance, February, 2004: “[Stephen] Harper clearly accepted a connection between Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, and added that the current war is…

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20 Mar 2015

Letter To the Editor: September 12, 2001

One small attempt at perspective... An excerpt: Yesterday's tragedy is horrific beyond words. Victims’ and their families’ losses are unspeakable. When retaliation is countenanced, some perspective, though, is needed. Tuesday's reprehensible terrorist attack was not unprecedented, unless by definition (which is the art of myth making, otherwise known as propaganda). Lest we forget (though President Roosevelt forbade as unconscionable such attacks until his death, but President Truman authorized):... Please click on: Editor - September 11…

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20 Mar 2015

Devotional – M2/W2 Staff-Board Retreat, June 12, 1999

Devotional - M2/W2 Staff-Board Retreat, June 12, 1999 An excerpt: - Glenn Tinder in Can We Be Good Without God?: On the Political Meaning of Christianity says: “If one could love others without judging them, asking anything of them, or thinking of one’s own needs, one would meet the Christian standard….“Agape is the core of Christian morality…. “… the major premise… of all Christian social and political thinking [and action is] the concept of the…

 

 

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