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Is “ending those Muslims,” as Falwell advises, the way of Jesus? Aren’t there other ways?

Anita Mathias — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 22:28:52 +0000

So the President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr., patting the gun in his back pocket, has called on the 14,500 students of Liberty University, the world’s largest Christian University, to carry concealed guns, and “end those Muslims,” thereby (somewhat belatedly!) “teaching them a lesson.” Everything about that statement is so alien to the values […]

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Walking on the Waters, Looking at Jesus, in the Shadow of the Big C (who Must not be Named)

Anita Mathias — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 20:01:30 +0000

I had a cancer scare two and a half years ago. Fear gripped my heart when I realised the doctor suspected endometrial cancer. Fears of chemotherapy–and, perhaps worse, death. My youngest daughter was just 12. I was by no means ready to die. And I lay down, and “saw” a vision. Christ walking towards me […]

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You of Little Faith, Why are you so Afraid?

Anita Mathias — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:01:53 +0000

I In a familiar, beloved passage, Jesus gets into a boat, and “a furious storm came up, so that the waves swept over the boat.” But Jesus continued sleeping. The disciples in panic wake him up, “We are going to drown.” And he replied, ‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then he […]

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