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Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood presents ‘Book of Lives’ at First Parish Church
05 Feb 2026 12:26 GMT
… Memoir of Sorts
First Parish Church, Cambridge
Jan. 27, 2026 … the history of 17th century Puritan New England played a … the novel. She found the Puritans’ system of government contradictory … New England for freedom of religion, yet persecuted Quakers. “They …
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Clergy View: Freedom of religion
04 Feb 2026 19:55 GMT
… prevailing understanding of the Bible. The church and state responded … America, such as the Puritans, Calvinists and Quakers, were … cannot promote a particular religion. Many religious groups have agreed with … praying? Of course not. Jesus advised us not to …
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Relational Wholeness vs. Relational Idolatry
06 Feb 2026 06:03 GMT
… Bride, His people, the church. So our relationships with each … a ministry leader, a pastor, a mentor, or whatever … relationships. I like how Puritan John Flavel said it the … healthy relationships, godly Christ center relationships and Christ himself can seem …
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We don’t know our neighbors anymore
03 Feb 2026 19:51 GMT
… the early 1600s, thousands of Puritans fled religious persecution in England, came … know how to read the Bible for themselves. In 1647 in …
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Column: Ten Commandments should not be posted in public schools
06 Feb 2026 14:04 GMT
… provision for the separation of church and state in this … to as the King James Bible version. It should be … centuries before the birth of Christ. The Catholic version was written … many other religious texts used to teach reading while instilling Puritan values …
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On Dostoevsky’s ‘Demons’
06 Feb 2026 14:33 GMT
… a bookshelf populated by the Bible, Dante’s Inferno, Shakespeare … to overcome the God-man, Jesus Christ, was inspired by Stavrogin’ … , Truth, and Moral Obligation
Bishop Tihon tells Stavrogin, “An … Irving Babbitt, a resort to puritanism. It is an attempt “ …
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Banned book review: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
06 Feb 2026 08:36 GMT
… England Puritanism and the Lebensborn Program of the Nazi regime. Puritan … their husbands and the Church. Puritan culture did not accept … who broke social or religious rules were forced to face … congregation. Similar to the Puritans, the women training to …
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Quote of the day by John Locke: 'No man's knowledge here can go beyond his...' - life lessons by the philosopher and father of liberalism
05 Feb 2026 22:09 GMT
… in a family sympathetic to Puritan values, Locke grew up during … , Locke argued for natural rights, religious toleration, and government based on …
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Letters: Let children drink
05 Feb 2026 16:07 GMT
… in comparing Nigel Farage to Pope Gregory VII in seeking … an apparent success for the Pope, but a few years … Gregory deposed and appointed another Pope. Gregory’s Norman allies … her grandchildren. The current neo-Puritan approach to alcohol consumption that …
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History, humor, and harmony: Clearfield County book tour begins
05 Feb 2026 15:07 GMT
… Puritans. And they were people that had broken away from the church …