by Didact | Oct 9, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
“A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is finished, no matter how brave its warriors, or how strong its weapons.” — Ancient Cheyenne proverb There was a book that I read a while back- I think it might...
by Didact | Jul 16, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
I spotted this article earlier today and would have said something about it at the time, but I was at work, and of course Vox Day beat me to the punch. That still doesn’t stop this idea of ordaining not just female pastors, but female bishops too, from...
by Didact | Jun 1, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
This past Memorial Day weekend was an occasion for both sombre reflection and great joy for many families across the country- including my own. It was a time to reflect upon those who paid the ultimate price for the rights and freedoms that the rest of us enjoy...
by Didact | May 14, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Apparently even the great Mother Church’s own clergy are beginning to see what a poor benighted agnostic like me figured out a long time ago: Despite the bright, warm sunshine outside, a pessimistic fog spread over the Washington Hilton early this morning as the...
by Didact | Apr 20, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
On this Easter Sunday, it is worth remembering just what the Passion and the Resurrection of Christ mean for humanity. The Resurrection, in particular, is the absolute bedrock of Christianity. If the Resurrection did not actually happen, if there were not numerous...
by Didact | Apr 20, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Luke 24:13-35 King James Version (KJV) 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 And it came to...
by Didact | Apr 6, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves...
by Didact | Mar 22, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Someone- let’s call him A. Reader for now- emailed me with some reading material a little while back and asked for my opinion on it: I have been meaning to contact you for some time to ask if you’ve ever read an early Christian work called The Didache. I...
by Didact | Mar 15, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
A young Churchian completely misses the point of the teachings of her faith: But, for my friend Ella*, these issues and obstacles seem blissfully trivial in comparison to the worries that keep her up at night as the big day approaches. She’s marrying her...
by Didact | Jan 21, 2014 | Christianity, Uncategorized
One of the very common objections made by feminists (of the Jizzabel stripe) and white knights to the ideas and themes of the ‘Sphere is that our stated goal of promoting a society in which men are once more in charge would reduce women back to a state of...
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