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God, Truth, and Civilization

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:19:28 +0000

Christians tend to think of truth as something we are commanded to reflect in our speech. The Bible supports that understanding. But John's gospel goes further and links truth to God's very nature. It says that Jesus is not only the "Word of God"—He is God. He is also "the way, and the truth, and [...]

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On Reading and Listening, Part 2

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 14:59:38 +0000

The first part of this essay noted the reading and listening deficit in America and identified its causes as the brevity and rapid pace of modern communication and the widespread habit of closing our minds to ideas other than our own. It also suggested how individuals can overcome these obstacles. This continuation of the essay discusses [...]

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Echoes from the Garden

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:42:09 +0000

Original Sin as depicted by Brueghel and Rubens The comedian Red Skelton created a character called “The Mean Kid,” who would say “If I dood it I get a whippin’,” (If I do it, I’ll get a whipping). Then he would think for a moment and declare, “I dood it” [...]

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Celebrating Thanksgiving

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:16:31 +0000

Special days of thanksgiving existed in earlier cultures, including Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and ancient Jewish, yet we Americans are more familiar with the ones that occurred several hundred years ago in Florida, Virginia, and most notably Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. From the beginning, American Thanksgiving has been religious, though not in a denominational sense. People [...]

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Adjusting Our Expectations

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:18:18 +0000

There is an old saying, “Blessed are those who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.” Whether it was first uttered as pithy wisdom or a tongue-in-cheek comment on the likelihood of disappointment is not known. But either way, the idea is interesting. The pertinent question is, of course, expect from whom? Other people [...]

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