HE DESCENDED INTO HADES
Author: Thomas Cosmades So declare several of the ancient creeds regarding the intermediary state of Christ between His giving up the spirit to the Father and His triumphant resurrection. This…
EARTHQUAKES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Author: Thomas Cosmades Wars of attrition maliciously raging, sweeping terrorism, universal hunger, burgeoning deadly diseases and various other alarming actualities are causing deep anguish among the dwellers of our planet.…
THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN CHRIST’S EYES
Author: Thomas Cosmades The church, Christ’s body on earth, has undergone – and is undergoing – a number of variations and transformations since its inception. Alas! Many for the worse.…
TATHLIS-TAWHID, PRINCIPLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
Author: Thomas Cosmades Basic differences, even contradictions among religions, are an actuality. An expression which we may call conciliatory is often voiced: three monotheistic religions of the world – Judaism,…
CORRUPTION
Author: Thomas Cosmades Elisha had an attendant full of promise, Gehazi by name (cf. 2 Kings 4:31; 5:25; 8:4, 5). His assistance to the mighty prophet draws riveting appraisal. A…
TOLERANCE – MISUNDERSTOOD, MISAPPLIED
Author: Thomas Cosmades A gloating Islamic fundamentalist in Italy, peeved with the sight of the crucifix in a classroom, initiated a court case. In today’s secular, post-Christian Europe the court…
OUR JUDGE, LAWGIVER, KING, WHO SAVES US
(Message two) (Isaiah 33:13-22 “Yahweh is my salvation”; 32:1, 16, 17; Revelation 19:11-16; 20:4) Author: Thomas Cosmades A description of ‘democracy’ offered in Webster’s Dictionary goes like this: “The absence…
STRIVING TO DECIPHER ISLAM’S PSYCHE
Author: Thomas Cosmades A new appellation—Islamophobia—said to be contrived by the non-Muslim world, is aggravating Muslims everywhere. Many Muslims are of the opinion that this is a deliberate postulation. Those…
THE DIVINE WAIL (WHEN GOD WEPT)
Author: Thomas Cosmades The Creator’s most valuable endowment to man, i.e., our planet, is perpetually tarnished as outrageous acts envelop the earth in alarming proportions. The wailing of the wounded…
World Cup 2006 – Germany
The blow of the whistle on the 9th of June in the main stadium of Munich will inaugurate the start of the World Cup between the teams of thirty-two countries…
FROM TORMENT TO TRANQUILITY
Author: Thomas Cosmades In outer space of which man has touched its fringes, there are ongoing storms of ferocious velocity. Likewise, man’s inner world is the scene of unimaginable storms…
Our Blood-stained Age
Author: Thomas Cosmades The jarring savagery witnessed at Virginia Tech University devastated people everywhere, even those with just a little sense of pity. Once again, an educational institution – this…