Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, the heiress who spent the last 28 years of her life in oblivion after what prosecutors alleged were two murder attempts by her husband, died Saturday at age 76.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but struggled against the influence of other churches, died Friday at age 79.
An airliner with a shattered windshield has landed safely at Kansas City's airport.
A US Airways Express flight made an emergency landing Sunday without its nose landing gear.
Consistently getting a good night's sleep may help protect children from becoming obese as adults, a study published Monday suggests.
Dear Mr. Blasius: How right you are about the liturgy. There is just one thing missing. Even we Lutherans sometimes forget about it: The Liturgy is pure Gospel. Without that, it would be empty ritual. Peace and joy. George A. Marquart
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On another list you wrote:
"Most of us have grown up in the faith, believing that after we shed this mortal body, we will be in a place of unspeakable joy. Yet when we face the reality of death, we mourn and wail as if something terrible has happened. For us our Lord said, John 11: "I am the resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live …" before He brought His friend Lazarus back from that place. And so He wept. He did not weep because Lazarus died, but because He had to bring him back from the place of infinite joy."
Where did this gnostic nonsense come from? I don't know of anyone who grew up in the faith believing such stuff. Unfortunately, I do hear it now and again, even in Lutheran circles.
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