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It may not have been the Good Friday Agreement or the Camp David Accord but October 29, 2007 still qualifies as a hallmark date for peace, diplomacy and an optimistic hope of reunification. Student Senate President John Lee, Treasurer Dirk Van Eyk, and I traveled to Holland, MI, where we met with our colleagues from the Student Council at Western Theological Seminary. The meeting broke both ice and ground for these two seminary student bodies.
On Martyrdom and History
Franz Jagerstatter, an Austrian Roman Catholic, was killed by the Nazis in 1943 for refusing to join the Nazi army. The Roman Catholic Church beatified him on October 26. He was a poor man with limited education. His friends and neighbors, even his bishop tried to dissuade him from his refusal to associate with the Nazis. Considered mad by some for refusing compromise, he put flesh on the words of discipleship, “Take up your cross and follow me.” He died a martyr.
Why Christians are Environmentalists
A featured student sermon
Based on a sermon delivered on Creation Awareness Sunday, at Covenant CRC, Edmonton, July 2007.