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Former American Press staff writer Sunny Brown Farley writes "Naked Faith," a look at faith in its natural form: lived out in the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. |
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Taste and see
This week, I have focused my attention on the story of the Samaritan woman at the water well. There is something interesting about the contrast in the two kinds of water talked about in this story – the water the woman sought and the water Jesus had to offer her.
The Samaritan woman had to routinely [...]
An Image to Uphold
I recently read a book called “The Christians as the Romans Saw Them,” by Robert Louis Wilken. This book paints a picture of how early Christians were viewed in Roman society. According to Wilken, the Christians were both disliked and misunderstood. Likewise, they both disliked and misunderstood others.
Sounds familiar.
Seems to me that the Christians of [...]
The Mask
We don’t talk much about the devil do we?
Who is the devil? What is the devil? I think, as modern, enlightened individuals we see the devil as something silly and stupid, don’t we?
Here in the South, we say things like, “the devil made me do it.” You know the conversation: “Ok, who ate the last [...]








