Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’
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We Need More Than Bombs and Bombast to Beat ISIS
Posted on November 16, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been on a roll lately. And it will take more than bombs and bombast to...
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How the Church Lost Ireland
Posted on May 27, 2015
More than three centuries after Christ died, St. Patrick came to Ireland and converted the pagans to Christianity. The Erin Island is the furthest Western outpost of Europe (not counting...
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Defending Religious Freedom in the Middle East
Posted on March 23, 2015
It turns out, Saddam Hussein was actually pretty good for the Christians in Iraq. That’s just one of the ironies of our efforts to dislodge him a decade ago. Watching...
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Pandora’s Box
Posted on February 19, 2015
According to Wikipedia, In classical Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on Earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her. So he did, using water and earth.[4] The gods endowed...
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Happy Birthday to Thomas Aquinas!
Posted on January 28, 2015
Eight centuries ago, Thomas Aquinas was born. I am not an Aquinas scholar, as I suspect most of you are not. But we all owe a debt to this brilliant...
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