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Teresa of Avila was born Teresa Ali Fatim Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada in Avila, Spain. Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after she was born, Luther started the Protestant Reformation. Out of all of this change came Teresa…
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Today, many question whether we should be celebrating the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. In recent decades, commentators have shed more light on the dark side of Columbus’ discoveries—the violence against native tribes, the forced slavery, and the diseases the European explorers brought with them. Instead of being seen as a cultural hero,…
Most people are called to the married life, called to raise a family by receiving from God the gift of children. God created Adam and said that it was not good that man should be alone; so, after creating plants and animals, the seas and the sea creatures, God created the woman, Eve. With Eve Adam…
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Reading 1 GAL 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1 Brothers and sisters: It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman. The son of the slave woman was born naturally, the son of the freeborn through a promise. Now this is an allegory. These women represent two…
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In the past few years, a large number of free Christian dating websites have sprung up online. The reason why so many of this type of site are popping up is because many Christian adults and even youngsters are looking for companions that believe in the same basic core values as they do. If there…
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