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Calendar Articles, Christian Living, The Bible

Listen In the early Christian Church, believers were forced to decide what books of Scripture they would be willing to die. If a book was not regarded as authoritative, conscience did not forbid them to surrender it to pagan authorities, but if a work was regarded as inspired and evidenced Divine authority, Christians were far less likely to part with it. Yet this was only one of the...Read more... Read more...

Calendar Articles, Christian Living, December Articles, Lives of the Apostles

Listen December 27 St. John Remembered The life and ministry of the Apostle John, son of Zebedee, is observed annually on December 27 by Christians in the West. St. John was distinguished as a prophet, an apostle, and an evangelist. He is known as the beloved disciple or “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” and was the younger brother of James the Great. The two brothers, and...Read more... Read more...

Annual Schedule, Calendar Articles, Christian Calendar, Christian Living, November, Social Theology, The Bible

Listen * National Bible Week * by Dr. Stephen Flick The reading of the Bible was abruptly interrupted over the NBC radio network in 1941 when world-changing events began to transpire. Seldom in the history of America was Scripture needed to comfort and bring hope as it was needed that day. Yet, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the significance of the beginning of National...Read more... Read more...

Calendar Articles, Default Category, Lives of the Apostles, November Articles, The Bible

Listen * St. Andrew * by Dr. Stephen Flick The Apostle Andrew, the brother of St. Peter, carried the Gospel to many Asiatic nations, beginning Observance: On or before November 30 his missionary endeavors in the Provinces of Vithynia and Pontus on the southern shores of the Black Sea. It is believed that he subsequently traveled to the City of Byzantium where he established a church....Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, Christian Living, December Articles, Default Category, November Articles, The Bible

Listen The reading of the Bible was abruptly interrupted over the NBC radio network in 1941 when world-changing events began to transpire. Seldom in the history of America was Scripture needed to comfort and bring hope as it was needed that day. Yet, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the significance of the beginning of National Bible Week is almost, for many Americans, a...Read more... Read more...

Calendar Articles, Christian Living, Lives of the Apostles, October Articles

Listen As the Apostles bore testimony to their faith in their Lord Jesus Christ through martyrdom, the Early Church began to observe days of remembrance for their ministries. Unfortunately, the Christian Church began to practice hagiolatry or the worship of the saints. Pagan ideas of prayer being offered to and for the dead began to be practiced among Christians. Though Christians...Read more... Read more...