The Bronx Household of Faith
For the glory of God, we desire to be the community of God’s people within the larger community for the purpose of demonstrating the transforming power of Jesus Christ.City Lights
“If You Have Your Bibles…”
If You Have Your Bibles . . . turn to [passage reference]; if you don’t have your Bibles, repent!” [laughter] Thus the speaker began the meeting. But if I would dare to borrow a line from Queen Victoria, “We are not amused” when it comes to people not...
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People
I was coming from a meeting in Manhattan and was scurrying to catch a subway back to The Bronx. I had to go down two levels to catch this particular train. In my descent there were people in front of me, much younger than I. They were walking four abreast, taking...
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Even If You Should Suffer: Thoughts on the Supreme Court’s Latest Ruling
In I Peter 3: 14 we are given an essential perspective for facing the coming cultural upheaval the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex ‘marriage’ will generate: “But even if you should suffer for righteousness sake, you will be blessed.” Much of the response to that arrogant redefining of the God-given, universally accepted and historically practiced “natural marriage” from Christian and conservative writers has been to warn of further efforts to punish and silence those who oppose Continue reading
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Season of Lent
In ancient Israel, the calendar was all about the story of God’s redemption. The church through the ages maintained a calendar as well. It is centered around the life of Christ: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, winter ordinary time, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, summer ordinary time and then back to Advent. Continue reading
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