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JESUS PLAYS FAVORITES; HE GAVE, GIVES AND WILL GIVE PRIORITY TO THOSE “WHO DON’T FIT IN.”

by john favalessa | May 12, 2023 | Theology blog

by Roland Wrinkle Getting Personal. I’ll never forget it. It is seared in my animated memory. It was my daughter’s eighth birthday and she wanted to have a birthday party at the local ice rink. Ten girls came. And all ten spent the entire “party” avoiding her and...

Why does an all loving God allow pain and suffering?

by john favalessa | Mar 29, 2023 | Theology blog

by Roland Wrinkle IF THERE WERE NO SUFFERING, THERE WOULD BE NO BIBLE, NO CHRIST, NO CHRISTIANS,  NO EASTER, NO CHRISTMAS, NO CHURCH, NO SECOND COMING, NO RENEWED AND RESTORED CREATION    Somehow, and for some reason, that just doesn’t sound like a good thing to me....

THE TWO TIMES WHEN ABORTION BECAME MORE THAN THEORETICAL FOR ME (US)

by john favalessa | Sep 15, 2022 | Theology blog

by Roland Wrinkle “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Alexander Pope. -I’ve never been called an angel…so, you do the math. The First Time: Curlender v. Bio-Science Laboratories. Forty-five years ago, I handled a case where a young Jewish couple...

IS PUTIN THE DEVIL? NO. MERELY A TEMPORARY RESIDENCE.

by john favalessa | Apr 10, 2022 | Theology blog

by Roland Wrinkle Early Origins. We’re Christians. We know there is good and evil. We know the bible talks a lot about evil—430 times to be exact. Our original ancestors got themselves into an existential caldron of woe by turning their backs on their...

STOP LAMENTING THE SECULARIZATION OF CHRISTMAS… AND START CELEBRATING EASTER EVERYDAY

by john favalessa | Dec 29, 2021 | Theology blog

by Roland Wrinkle Christmas Before I Became a Christian. Forty-seven years ago, I married a cute little Jewish girl. We had four kids. We celebrated Christmas and Hanukkah. I didn’t believe in Christ and she never heard of Torah. We were made for each other. We...
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