THE SATAN – by Michael Hardin – episode 11 – “The Serpent and the satan” (pt 2)
Editor's Note: Clarion is posting Michael Hardin's 20-episode series (excerpted from What the Facebook? vol. 1) on The Satan as a weekly release, each Thursday. CLICK HERE for the full pdf or kindle document. (11) The Serpent and the satan (Part 2)...
US War Crimes or Normalized Deviance – Nicolas Davies (via Wayne Northey)
Tuesday, 23 August 2016 09:22 By Nicolas J.S. Davies, Consortium News | Op-Ed Photo: 1986 launch of the doomed spaceshuttle Challenger, with reference to the "normalization of deviance" in the NASA culture that led up to the disaster, an expression coined by...
A Difficult Thought Experiment on Divine Judgement – Derek Vreeland
D DEREK VREELAND (DMin) is a pastor at WOLC in St Joseph, MO.
Three Fact-Checking Sites of Note – Wayne Northey
“in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.” ― Abraham Lincoln “If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.” ― Albert Einstein Image on the right:...
How Jesus’ Death Took Away Sin – Derek Vreeland
DEREK VREELAND (DMin) is a pastor at WOLC in St Joseph, MO.
The Great Humility that Redeems the Cosmos – Kenneth Tanner
The gospels upend every human (perhaps every rational) notion of strength. The cosmos—superclusters of galaxies, delicate wildflowers on countless meadows, the waves of every ocean—thrives on one source of energy, a hidden force of charity that does not seek its own,...
The North American High Tory Tradition – by Ron Dart
The official release of Professor Ron Dart’s new book, The North American High Tory Tradition, is scheduled for this Saturday, 20 August 2016. Ron Dart of the University of the Fraser Valley is a leading authority on the subject of Canadian High–Red Toryism, and some...
Review of Bill Corbett’s “The 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies” by Ron Dart
Many are the fine peaks worth the summiting, but the 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies are the crème de menthe beauties in western Canada. Bill Corbett was the 3rd to bag 54 of the 11,000ers, and his 2nd edition is, like the 1st edition, pure gold. Each of the peaks...
Mercy in a Mean Time – Brian Zahnd
My father was a political man; a lawyer and a judge. He was an ideological conservative. He was also known for his kindness and mercy. My dad died in 2009. At his funeral a man approached me and said, “Your father sent me to prison for armed robbery. I came to his...
Jesus Is Nothing Like Superman – Kenneth Tanner
"Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head." It’s tempting for contemporary Americans to think of Jesus along the mythos of Superman: an alien humanoid capable of...