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Coronavirus and the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

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March 28, 2020May 27, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Many of us are trying to figure out what God is trying to do by allowing this Coronavirus plague to circulate around the world so dramatically.  As I thought about this, I was reminded of a passage in Luke’s Gospel […]

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Some Thoughts About ‘Identities’

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  • Religion
February 22, 2020May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In the classical Christian church we hear much about our identity in Christ.  We also have a host of other identities or roles: parent or child in a family; worker in or owner of an organization; a particular church, denomination, […]

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Merry Christmas [All Three of Them]

  • Culture,
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December 23, 2019December 23, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

C.S. Lewis, in an essay called “What Christmas Means to Me,” declared that there are three Christmases that are celebrated simultaneously:  the incarnation of God the Son in the person of Jesus Christ, the merrymaking around the solstice, and the […]

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The Problem with ‘Straight Pride’

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  • Religion
August 15, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A few cities have recently talked of having ‘Straight Pride’ parades.  Whether their purpose is celebration or mockery I can’t say. Whatever the intention, I don’t know whether I could participate. About 95% of the population is ‘straight’ by nature, and […]

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Saint Boniface’s Day and D-Day

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June 24, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Saint Boniface was born about 675 in Anglo-Saxon England.  He was initially named Winfrid by his prosperous and respected family.  At an early age he attended a monastery school, and as a young man he became a monk.  The Pope […]

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Christianity and Science: Two Poles of a Biblical World View

  • Culture,
  • Religion
June 4, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock, in the essay “Miracles” we read this: The experience of a miracle in fact requires two conditions.  First, we must believe in a normal stability of Nature, which means we must recognize […]

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A ‘Protestant-ish’ Argument for Icons?

  • Culture,
  • Religion
May 29, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Is there an appropriate place for icons in the 21st Century Protestant Church?  There’s nothing new about the debate regarding sacred images and iconography, but I’ve gained some recent insights on the subject. In chapter 13 of Diarmaid McCullough’s work, Christianity: […]

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The Real Significance of the Tithe

  • Religion
May 22, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The tithe has been a matter of controversy in Jewish and Christian circles, I assume, since it was first promulgated.  [Islam, instead of 10% of income, proposes a contribution of 2.5% of one’s wealth per year.] Early in my Christian […]

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Three New Testament Roots of Economic Liberty

  • Economics,
  • Religion
May 20, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

We do not often think that Jesus Christ and the New Testament justifies capitalism.  To the extent that capitalism means greed and self-indulgence, I should think not!  Greed and self-indulgence are root human sins and will be manifested in any […]

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Which Western Civilization? We’re on our Third One. 

  • Culture,
  • Religion
March 8, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

These days many people are trying to defend ‘Western Civilization’.  Yet, at the moment, Western Civilization seems to be moving into Version 3.0, and the form it will take is not fully clear.  So what, actually, are they trying to […]

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