The parable of the Good Samaritan is generally understood to be an ethical teaching of Jesus that challenges us to love our neighbor better. Most teachings on the parable are. . . Continue reading
In this eighth session, Dr. Godfrey evaluates the challenges to Christendom that came through the ideas of G.W.F. Hegel and Karl Marx. Godfrey discusses Hegel’s thesis, antithesis, and synthesis and. . . Continue reading
One of the crucial questions in our current moment of governmental overreaches has to do with how we understand our rights as Christians living in this world. Many of our. . . Continue reading
In this seventh session of Dr. Godfrey’s adult Sunday school class at the Escondido URC, he continues to show the challenges to Christendom due to the Enlightenment and how it. . . Continue reading
Today’s bit of Latin lingo is often linked to Luther. Martin Luther often gets the credit for noticing the biblical teaching that each Christian is “at the same time just. . . Continue reading
In this sixth session of Dr. Godfrey’s adult Sunday school class as the Escondido URC, he continues in to show how Enlightenment ideals posed a significant challenge to Christendom. Enlightenment. . . Continue reading
We live in a day when those things that stand in the way of the prevailing narrative of the culture are canceled, thrust out from societal recognition. As much as. . . Continue reading
In this fifth session of the Escondido URC Sunday School Class, Dr. Godfrey traces the long period of challenges to Christendom within Christendom, and the rise of the Enlightenment. The. . . Continue reading
English has many Latin roots. Many Latin expressions can therefore be intuitively decoded without much effort, even apart from a working knowledge of the language. Sensus divinitatis shouldn’t be too. . . Continue reading
As society is presently ripped apart with divisions on every issue, the church is likewise bombarded with divisive people who are using the current cultural divide to mimic the culture. . . Continue reading