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Category: Reflections on Shalom

  • Reflections on World Politics
  • Reflections on Russia

America’s Mission in Russia

July 7, 2011 Susan Rhea

Professor David S. Foglesong from Rutgers University has written a fascinating book, The American Mission and the “Evil Empire”: The…

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What Kind of King Is This?

July 5, 2011 Susan Rhea

The last week of Jesus’ life on earth involves a sequence of events that is extraordinary. Like his “surprise birth”…

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

Russia’s Lost Legacy of Charity

June 29, 2011 Susan Rhea

Moscow Orphanage, est. 1764 One of the casualties of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the culture of giving, of…

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Jesus’ Teachings Cause Division

June 27, 2011 Susan Rhea

Sometimes Jesus’ teachings are hard to understand. Let’s be honest and admit that this is true. Let’s also not skip…

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The Battle for Moscow

June 22, 2011 Susan Rhea

Andrew Nagorski’s book, The Greatest Battle, is a fascinating study of how an epic World War Two struggle can get…

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Non-Retaliation

June 21, 2011 Susan Rhea

Let’s be honest. Jesus’ teachings on peacemaking are radical. Not only does Jesus take actions that alienate most of the…

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Russia’s Out-Migration – the “Third Wave”

June 15, 2011 Susan Rhea

Putin & Medvedev In a speech to the Russian Duma (Parliament) on May 10, 2006, then-President Putin called the problem…

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Blessed are the Peacemakers

June 13, 2011 Susan Rhea

Of all the teachings of Jesus, the “Sermon on the Mount” is probably the best-known. Matthews tells us that the…

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Russia’s Defeat of Napoleon

June 8, 2011 Susan Rhea

It is not very often that a historian writes a book to counter the “myths” created by a novelist.  Dominic…

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Get Out of This House!

June 6, 2011 Susan Rhea

How does anger, even righteous anger, fit in the job description of a peacemaker? Can peacemakers express anger without contradicting…

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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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