by Matthew C. Harrison There is a near universal human conviction that somehow something of human consciousness lives beyond death, whether a continuation of the human person absent a body, or absorption of the individual consciousness into some “stream of consciousness,” or a higher final state of oneness and being with “god.” Genuine Marxists or Communists are an exception. As “materialists,” they limit all reality to what is material in nature. Thus no soul. No heaven. No aft...| The Lutheran Witness
“He’s no longer in the land of the living,” we say with great solemnity as we pronounce that our friend has fallen asleep on the sofa. It’s a phrase we use fairly commonly, either to mean prosaically, “they’re dead”—which is actually uncommon because we prefer cleaner euphemisms that hide the reality entirely—or to refer to… Continue reading What is the ‘Land of the Living?’→| nuakh
Once a day dawned dark, the clouds hanging limp like wisps of smoke that clog the lungs after a fire has burned beyond its life. Tear-stained faces watched a man displayed, his torn body nailed to a tree torn from the ground and weeping over its foul fate. His face contorted with pain as his… Continue reading Last Words→| nuakh
“Unless the Lord builds the House, they labor in vain who build it …” (Psalm 127:1) The Flood of Noah accomplished a reset for the earth and her inhabitants. A […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
Or, to put the question more accurately, why did Sunday become the Lord’s Day rather than Christians continuing to keep the Sabbath? There is some debate in the Christian tradition about whether we…| nuakh