For Christmas 2011: Gabriel’s Seven Assertions about Jesus
This is the story of Christmas with a focus on Gabriel’s announcement to Mary.
Palmer St. Podcast: Gabriel’s Seven Assertions
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Palmer St. Podcast: Setting Things in Order
“Organized religion ‘will be driven toward extinction’ in 9 countries, experts predict.” So read the headline of CNN’s Belief Blog earlier this year. People today are feeling less and less comfortable with “Organized Religion.” The Apostle Paul, if he were here, would not be one of them. In fact, for him, the churches on the island of Crete were not yet organized enough. The reason he left his assistant Titus there was to set things in order.
On Christopher Hitchens – from his brother Peter
Fascinating character and New Atheist Christopher Hitchens succumbed to cancer today at an American hospital. I intentionally looked to see if his brother had anything to say about it – and was not disappointed. The links are to the “print article” pages, so as not to bombard anyone with the Mail’s annoying sidebars.
Palmer St. Podcast: Serving Christ in a Tough Environment
Titus, like Timothy, was a younger disciple of Paul. He is not mentioned in the book of Acts, but his name appears 12 times in Paul’s letters before this. According to Galatians 2:3, Titus was a Greek – a Gentile convert. Titus is obviously someone Paul felt he could count on – someone who could handle responsibility. Early in the letter, Paul reminds him that he left him on the island of Crete to bring more order to the churches. Cretans were naturally uncooperative, so this would be no easy task.
Central Reflections 