How Prison Made Me A Better Bible Teacher

(OPINION) When I taught in prison, the students expressed more gratitude than I ever knew in any other setting. Any notion of the utilitarian foundation of education was reduced to ashes. These men were not coming to learn so they could get jobs or pad their resumes; they were coming for edification. They were coming to learn, to grow, to love.

Opinion, Analysis, Christianity, Education, North AmericaStephen PresleyJune 20, 2023Stephen Presley, Stephen O. Presley, Prison ministry, Education, Scripture, C.S. Lewis, Gregory the Wonderworker, Origen, prison life, bible teaching in prison, bible study in prison, AugustineComment

Pope Francis Tells Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, ‘Wars Are Always Unjust’

(OPINION) As Russia’s invasion sought to erase Ukraine from the map, Moscow’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, a key ally of dictator Vladimir Putin, met via video last week with Pope Francis. In the meeting, Francis said Christians should never justify war: “Wars are always unjust, since it is the people of God who pay.”

OpinionRichard OstlingMarch 29, 2022richard ostling, Patriarch Kirill, Ukraine, Pope Francis, Joe Biden, Fratelli Tutti, Augustine, Just War, Pacifism, George Weigel, Mark Tooley, IRD, Russia, Reinhold Niebuhr, Richard OstlingComment

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