LIVING IN A FALLEN WORLD

Personally, I should never be surprised with evil when it raises its ugly head!  I must constantly remind myself that we live in a fallen world.  Tragedy, suffering, pain, hurt, emotional devastation and the evidence of monstrous inhumanity are everywhere.  In this Perspective, I want to site a few examples of our human fallenness and then focus attention on the solution.

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IRAN AND THE VIOLATION OF SHIITE ISLAMIC TEACHING

Shiite Islam maintains a fundamental teaching that is a foundational  dogma of this sect of Islam.  That dogma is called wilayat al-faqih—the “guardian by a jurist.”  This means that, in an Islamic state, a divinely anointed scholar of Islamic law must exercise unquestioned authority over elected officials and the rest of the government. 

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JOHN CALVIN AT 500

The year 2009 is the anniversary of John Calvin’s birth on 10 July 1509.  For many, he was provocative and controversial.  But he was probably the most brilliant of the Reformers during the 16th century Reformation of the Church.

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