One of the best writers in Spain died recently. His sensitivity and tremendous capacity for observation painted a realistic image of how human beings are.
A historical sketch of the Nature-Grace interdependence (III)
Eleven years later, Spanish evangelicals will gather for a new Bioethics congress. Non-Christians are welcome in a programme that will address issues such as euthanasia, artificial intelligence, and creation care.
Well before the 1979 Campus Crusade “Jesus” film, based on the literal words of Luke’s Gospel, Pasolini discovered that in Catholic Italy very few had read the Gospel of Matthew.
Her fascination with Jesus fills us with hope. As Kafka said, Jesus is “an abyss of light. You must close your eyes so as not to fall into it”.
The speakers at the evangelical gathering stressed that criticism and offense should not be equated to hate speech, and that freedom of expression should prevail in case of doubt.
No one ever apologises for mistakes which are typical of people who are undocumented, uneducated and ignorant in religious culture. An article by former Vice-President of Catalonia, Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira.
The Hebrew word zera, which means “seed”, both vegetal and animal, was translated into Greek as sperma, meaning “that which has been sown”.
In the face of death, a desperate person can find life in Jesus Christ. That was the experience of the Russian writer Dostoevsky when he was condemned to death along with his fellow revolutionaries.
It is the second synagogue from that time found there, which was a key center of the Jewish life . The New Testament refers to it as the birthplace of Mary Magdalene.
No event can ultimately be tragic because, thanks to God’s undeserved grace, every experience in our life is ultimately for the good.
The journalist Paloma Chamorro defined Franco Battiato once as “a Mediterranean artist with a penchant for orientalism, immersed in a certain religious syncretism, who likes to use symbols and allegories”.
Six common themes for a Trinitarian approach to leading missions. An article by Joseph W. Handley.
We are not here forever. Ageing makes us face up to our mortality. It tells us about more than just the “vanity” of life.
It is no coincidence that John Le Carré, the master of spy fiction, was himself a spy. He knew what he was talking about. The mistake of conspiracy theories is to believe in perfect plots.
The annual meeting of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance addressed the challenges of freedom of conscience, the mission of the church, and its role in a society marked by the pandemic.
After 55 years of work, the pandemic has aggravated the crisis of the ministry in Spain. The impact of the internet and the secularisation of Europe are a challenge for the entire sector.
Where there is love, the words flow.
Death for Ernest Hemingway was a release from the role that life seemed to have assigned to him.
He is forever with us, for He still carries the lowliest of labels. It was all part of God’s plan.
The first Christmas was no fairy tale. Preach the real Christmas, and give real hope.
Everything started in 1962, when Pasolini was invited to a debate series. In his hotel room he found a Gospel according to Matthew which greatly impressed him, and he decided to turn into a film.
All his contradictions are no more than the expression of a philosophy centred in freedom of choice – and choices may vary according to circumstances or historical moments.
We use God’s name in vain when we preach an empty, passive, passion-free Christianity devoid of biblical content.
The online ministry of pastor José Manuel Sierra’s church in Tenerife grew exponentially as the pandemic hit Spain. “Some have converted while watching the worship services, they have lots of questions”.
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