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Category: Reflections on Shalom

  • Reflections on World Politics
  • Reflections on Russia

Surviving the Coup – Twenty Years Later

August 26, 2011 Susan Rhea

Boris Yeltsin on a tank in front of the Russian White House From all indications, the trip to the USSR was…

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Forgiveness & Peacemaking

August 23, 2011 Susan Rhea

I am not very good about forgiving people who have hurt me. Sometimes the pain is deep and when the…

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Posted in: Apostles' Teachings on Shalom, Old Testament Foundations, Reflections on Shalom, Resurrection - Pentecost

The Plot to Kill God – Unintended Consequences

August 17, 2011 Susan Rhea

President Boris Yeltsin & Patriarch Aleksi II My last two “Reflections on Russia” discussed the insights in Paul Froese’s book,…

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Fired Up

August 15, 2011 Susan Rhea

Portion of El Greco’s“Pentecost” (c. 1600) Being a disciple of Jesus in the first century was not easy! As we…

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Posted in: Apostles' Teachings on Shalom, Old Testament Foundations, Reflections on Shalom, Resurrection - Pentecost

The Plot to Kill God – The Human Consequences

August 10, 2011 Susan Rhea

My last “Reflections on Russia” discussed the insights in Paul Froese’s book, The Plot to Kill God: Findings from the…

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The Power Source

August 8, 2011 Susan Rhea

Where do we get the energy, the strength, to be a peacemaker in the middle of a violent, chaotic world?…

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Posted in: Old Testament Foundations, Palm Sunday - Golgatha, Reflections on Shalom

The Plot to Kill God – Its Revolutionary Basis

August 3, 2011 Susan Rhea

Paul Froese’s book, The Plot to Kill God: Findings from the Soviet Experiment in Secularization (University of California Press, 2008),…

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Russia’s Historical Legacy: Top-Down Rule

July 27, 2011 Susan Rhea

I recently discovered a new author – that is, an author who is new to me, but who has been…

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John Steinbeck Goes to the USSR

July 13, 2011 Susan Rhea

Robert Capa (with camera) and John Steinbeck, USSR, 1947 At the peak of his career, having published three powerful novels…

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Loving Your Enemies

July 11, 2011 Susan Rhea

Carl Bloch: “Christ Mocked by a Soldier” If you think non-retaliation is a tough principle to live by (see my…

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Posted in: Old Testament Foundations, Palm Sunday - Golgatha, Reflections on Shalom

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Reflections on Russia

  • Russia’s Post-Communist Development
  • U.S.-Russian Relations
  • Russia’s Pre-1991 History
  • Russian Culture and Values
  • Religious Life in Russia
  • Russian Literature

Reflections on Shalom

  • Old Testament Foundations
  • Jesus’ Palestinian Context
  • Jesus’ Birth & Youth
  • Jesus in Action
  • Jesus’ Teachings
  • Palm Sunday – Golgatha
  • Resurrection – Pentecost
  • Apostles’ Teachings on Shalom
  • Conclusion
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