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The Today's English Version has the officials of the synagogue say, "Brothers, we want you to speak to the people if you have a message of encouragement for them (Acts 13:15 [TEV])." I suspect that is still true today. We need to note that Paul told the then new story of the crucifixion and the resurrection.
When a poet named George Sterling committed suicide at the age of 56, a New York Times editorial asked why a man of wealth, social position and immense popularity would wish to end his life. The editorial suggested that there was no explanation unless a psychoanalyst could find one. Sterling's friend, Upton Sinclair, said that Sterling's view is that the universe is running down like a clock and in some millions of years will be cold. "So," Sterling asks, "what difference does it make what we poor insects do." When a person calls himself or herself a "poor insect," that person has lost the desire to live.
Dr. George Sutherland Bonnell, minister at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York City for more than 20 years, referred to Sterling in a radio broadcast as a person who had lost faith. A few weeks later a family member wrote to say that this was accurate, because when his faith was strong he could face whatever difficulties emerged, but his inner resilience and strength seemed to have departed with his faith.
On May 10, 1886, theologian Karl Barth was born.
--Richardson
When a poet named George Sterling committed suicide at the age of 56, a New York Times editorial asked why a man of wealth, social position and immense popularity would wish to end his life. The editorial suggested that there was no explanation unless a psychoanalyst could find one. Sterling's friend, Upton Sinclair, said that Sterling's view is that the universe is running down like a clock and in some millions of years will be cold. "So," Sterling asks, "what difference does it make what we poor insects do." When a person calls himself or herself a "poor insect," that person has lost the desire to live.
Dr. George Sutherland Bonnell, minister at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York City for more than 20 years, referred to Sterling in a radio broadcast as a person who had lost faith. A few weeks later a family member wrote to say that this was accurate, because when his faith was strong he could face whatever difficulties emerged, but his inner resilience and strength seemed to have departed with his faith.
On May 10, 1886, theologian Karl Barth was born.
--Richardson
