Saturday, May 29, 2010
Mr. FV answers questions from Mr. Anti-FV...
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Vineyards and Temples
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Remembering Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo 4 May 387
We know about Monnica almost entirely from the autobiography (the Confessions) of her son Augustine, a major Christian writer, theologian and philosopher. Monnica was born in North Africa, near
As a girl, she was fond of wine, but on one occasion was taunted by a slave girl for drunkenness, and resolved not to drink thereafter. She was married to a pagan husband, Patricius, a man of hot temper, who was often unfaithful to her, but never insulted or struck her. It was her happiness to see both him and his mother ultimately receive the Gospel.
Monnica soon recognized that her son was a man of extraordinary intellectual gifts, a brilliant thinker and a natural leader of men (as a youngster he was head of a local gang of juvenile delinquents), and she had strong ambitions and high hopes for his success in a secular career. Indeed, though we do not know all the circumstances, most Christians today would say that her efforts to steer him into a socially advantageous marriage were in every way a disaster. However, she grew in spiritual maturity through a life of prayer, and her ambitions for his worldly success were transformed into a desire for his conversion.
He, as a youth, rejected her religion with scorn, and looked to various pagan philosophies for clues to the meaning of life. He undertook a career as an orator and teacher of the art of oratory (rhetoric), and moved from Africa to
After his baptism, Augustine and a younger brother Navigius and Monnica planned to return to Africa together, but in
Monday, May 3, 2010
Notes from Sunday's Sermon
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It has been a long time since I attempted to cross-stitch. I just completed my first piece for our church Chrismon ornaments project.....I ...
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My friend, Chris Jeffreys, came to visit and brought a book to me. It is titled: Home Comforts....the Art and Science of Keeping House . ...