Pastor King Duncan relates a silly and sort of scandalous incident with an early church father: “When the father of Origen, a third century theologian, was arrested for being a Christian, Origen, then only 17, was aflame with the desire to follow his Dad and share in glorious martyrdom. His mother pleaded with him not to […]
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Living on the Front Lines, Part 3
‘I once read a story about an older man, Bud, and his wife, Millie, who lived out in a rural area, and they didn’t make it into town very often. One day his wife obtained a copy of a ladies’ magazine that touted the benefits of taking a milk bath. She decided that this was just […]
Living on the Front Lives, Part 2
“Sometime ago there was a wonderful teacher who celebrated her eightieth birthday. It proved to be a marvelous occasion, highlighted by the presence of a great number of her former students. Apparently, she taught school in one of the worst sections of Baltimore. Before she came to that school to teach, there had been repeated instances […]
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