Category Archives: Suffering

No More Death!

Posted on 8 August 2014 by Islwyn

This Week, Monday 4 August 2014, was the commemoration of 37 million casualties! – the total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I. There were over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history according to … Continue reading →

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My Wife’s Uncle Tom

Posted on 14 October 2013 by Islwyn

Leaving the M4 near Newport when on our occasional trips to Brecon and beyond, we have, if the weather allows, dropped down into Talybont and made our way along to the village of Llanfrynach, The Church of St Brynach with its … Continue reading →

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More Views On Hell And Conditional Immortality

Posted on 25 July 2013 by Islwyn

What is Conditionalism? For the uninitiated on terms that are used by theologians in their discussions on what happens when we die these links here and here and here might be helpful. Annhilationism is an associated term that says that at the … Continue reading →

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BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE

Posted on 22 March 2013 by Islwyn

When the Apostle John penned 1 John 3:1 he was not naive about the experiences of life. Christians facing the world in the Apostle John’s day would have been cruel and barbaric. John himself had been imprisoned on the Isle … Continue reading →

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It Is ‘Martin Luther King’s Day Today

Posted on 21 January 2013 by Islwyn

“More than 40 years ago, on August 28, 1963, a quarter million people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. They marched here for the cause of civil rights. And that day they heard Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his … Continue reading →

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USA Mourns Massacre Of 20 Children Ages 5 and 6

Posted on 18 December 2012 by Islwyn

It’s the news story that has replaced all other news stories around the world; an unstable 20-year-old armed with guns, one an assault semi-automatic rifle, deliberately kills his mother and then goes into the school where she worked and killed 20 … Continue reading →

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