Stuff, Here & There

Where’s Flip Wilson when we need him?

“Talk of the Devil has been brushed under the carpet in our churches in recent times. Once an essential feature of any decent sermon, Satan is now seen as an embarrassing reminder of the Church’s superstitious past …”

MORE.

HT NewsForum

A rrrgh!

(Sorry ’bout that. I have no idea how that got on here!)

Mr Crouch sure makes a lot of sense … would that the Devil (MTV and others — like, say, herself) would heed his words.

HT Drudge

Others agree.

Here’s why.

Meanwhile, from Russia there’s this:

Two-thirds of Russian men smoke, more vodka is consumed per capita here than anywhere else, and recent surveys have ranked Russians among the world’s most promiscuous people.

The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University wants to change all that. And time is of the essence.

A letter written this year by Patriarch Alexy II wishing the group a happy Easter hangs in the corridor. The Orthodox Church does not have any relations with the university …

Full story.

Finally, wanna see some good reporting on an Orthodox blog?

Go here: NOTESFROMACOMMONPLACEBOOK …
and read about traveling with St Ephraim!