by john favalessa | Mar 29, 2023 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle IF THERE WERE NO SUFFERING, THERE WOULD BE NO BIBLE, NO CHRIST, NO CHRISTIANS, NO EASTER, NO CHRISTMAS, NO CHURCH, NO SECOND COMING, NO RENEWED AND RESTORED CREATION Somehow, and for some reason, that just doesn’t sound like a good thing to me....
by john favalessa | Sep 15, 2022 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Alexander Pope. -I’ve never been called an angel…so, you do the math. The First Time: Curlender v. Bio-Science Laboratories. Forty-five years ago, I handled a case where a young Jewish couple...
by john favalessa | Apr 10, 2022 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle Early Origins. We’re Christians. We know there is good and evil. We know the bible talks a lot about evil—430 times to be exact. Our original ancestors got themselves into an existential caldron of woe by turning their backs on their...
by john favalessa | Dec 29, 2021 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle Christmas Before I Became a Christian. Forty-seven years ago, I married a cute little Jewish girl. We had four kids. We celebrated Christmas and Hanukkah. I didn’t believe in Christ and she never heard of Torah. We were made for each other. We...
by john favalessa | Dec 29, 2021 | Theology blog
by Rev Dr Bill Barnes Thanksgiving is a time when we pause to remind ourselves and one another of all the things and people we are grateful for in our lives, and we also take a breath in and breathe out our thankfulness to God who not only set creation in motion, but...
by john favalessa | Oct 31, 2021 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle What’s A Creed? A creed is a settled statement of what precisely it is that defines our faith. The first creed in the bible is known as the Shema, found first in Deuteronomy 6.4 and lots of other places, including the sayings of Jesus. “Listen,...
