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The Mystery of Anastasia

Monday, April 18th, 2005

(from Carl’s 4/17 message Living the Purpose of the Church)
In reading Stassi Eldredge’s new book Captivating (see earlier blog) I found out she was named for St. Anastasia, a saint iin the fifth century who was martyred for her faith. There was also another famous Anastasi, however - the youngest daughter of the last Czar […]

Living the Purpose of the Church

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

In the Christian Church Calendar, we are about half way between the Resurrection of Christ and Penticost. In the Jewish Faith Calendar, we are halfway between the Passover and the Feast of Weeks, the corresponding events.
In reality, we live beyond the Pentecost and look back to that time. It was a period of […]