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A Little Over A Year Ago, I was the chair of a governing board in a rural community. One evening, a man came before the board to air a grievance.

• Creationism contends that an intelligent, divine designer created the earth, its current life forms, and the universe. Creation events, according to this theory, were one-time events and are not taking place today.

Sparks fly in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind, (Lomitas Productions, Inc. 1960)  when evolution confronts creationism in an explosive battle of polar-opposite views about the origins of life.

Why Not "Jubilation"? Because this collection of music is named after Jubal, "the father of all such as handle the harp and organ," according to the book of Genesis in the Bible. See Gen.

Most Religious Groups wouldn't embrace the label "heretic," but for the Unitarian Universalists, whose religion is founded on the concept of choice, this designation is in keeping with their faith. The group asserts that its members have always been heretics, which is how they explain their commitment to religious pluralism and their respect for and acceptance of all belief systems.

For many years now, the Journal's Bible Notes column has offered readers ideas for further study of Bible passages included in the weekly Lessons in the Christian Science Quarterly. While many have enjoyed the feature, we've come to see over time that the column format necessarily limited the scope of the commentary—sometimes suggesting by default that one interpretation might be preferable to another, when in fact many other sources offered valid food for thought.

From time to time, the Journal will publish excerpts from unconventional contemporary Bible translations or interpretations, as a way of showing that people who love the Bible are conveying its timeless truths to today's society. P.

According To The Old Testament Book that bears his name, Hosea, whose name means "May the Lord save," prophesied around 2750 years ago, in the mid-700s, BC, during the reigns of Israel's last two kings. These were the twilight years of Hosea's homeland, the Northern kingdom of Israel, a time of rapid moral decline when the worship of false gods was mixed with the worship of the one, true God.

Last October a stunning archaeological find was made known to the world—an ossuary, or bone box, thought to contain the first written reference outside the Bible to Jesus Christ. The ossuary is believed to have once held the bones of James, the brother of Jesus.

My Husband And I have been farmers for 30 years. We've seen farming change a lot, but one thing that doesn't change about it is the place.