Saturday, August 22, 2015
Why the Creed?
"Some might ask today what is a creed despite it being,
“very common today, even in a society that increasingly seeks to become
creedless” (Schmidt, 2004, p. 386). Simply stated, “a creed is a brief
authoritative doctrinal formula confessed within the Christian church. The term
is from the Latin credo, ‘I believe’” (Taylor, 1983). St. Irenaeus (A.D. 180)
of Gaul within his treatise Against Heresies said that Christians had a “rule
of faith” (Schmidt, 2004, p. 387). Perhaps among the church’s greatest gifts to
Christian society are in fact the major creeds which have been formulated as a
reaction against the many heresies. The Apostle’s Creed (early second century)
developed as a reaction against both Gnosticism and Montanism. The Nicene Creed
(A.D. 325) developed as a reaction against The Arian heresy. The Creed of
Chalcedon (A.D. 451); developed as a reaction against the attack on the
“integrity of Christ’s person and the duality of his nature” (Noll, 2000, p.
81). Finally, the Athanasian Creed (seventh century), “has been widely accepted
as a valid source of Christian belief” (Wiley, 1946, p. 31). For some, these
creeds represent the only life clinging rocks barely visible in a stormy and
creedless sea that is the church today."
- (College Paper) Rev. Robert C. Kopenski
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015
Monday, July 6, 2015
Let's try this again??
We'll, gonna try to give this thing a whirl again, hoping this time I'll stick to it. So much going on in the world as we near the end of this presidency. Between the Supreme Court ruling on 'Gay Marriage' as well as the over reaction to the 'Confederate' flag!! I've already posted articles on both via face book but will attempt to write on these issues myself. We will see.
By the way, if ya didn't notice the pic above, it is me standing in the 'Night of the Living Dead' cemetery in Evans City, PA. Hoping to get there again at some point, most likely in the winter. I'd love to post some pics showing snow on some of the most famous cinematic tombstones in history. anyhow, chars for now!!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Beka in Nepal.
Finally! A quality video of my daughter from Nepal. Better late than never as they say:)
Labels:
Beka,
missions trip,
Nepal,
Reign Ministries,
Street Ministry
Monday, July 25, 2011
Still more pics of Beka:)
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