by admin | Dec 24, 2016 | Rev. Bill Scarle
LEADER TIMES WEEKEND RELIGION ARTICLE FOR December 24, 2016 by William H. Scarle, Jr. 813-835-0129 Who Were Those Guys? The text of Matthew tells us they were “Wise men from the east.” The Greek text literally states they were “Magoi from the sunrise (Gr....
by admin | Dec 17, 2016 | Rev. Bill Scarle
LEDER TIMES WEEKEND RELIGION ARTICLE FOR December 17, 2016 by William H. Scarle, Jr. 813-835-0129 A Christmas/Hanukkah Convergence Because the Hebrew calendar is lunar the date of Hanukkah can shift on the Gregorian calendar anywhere from late November to late...
by admin | Dec 10, 2016 | Rev. Bill Scarle
LEADER TIMES WEEKEND RELIGION ARTICLE FOR December 10, 2016 by William H. Scarle, Jr. 813-835-0129 An Early Pregnancy The virgin birth of Jesus is an integral part of the Christmas story for Christians. It is a part of the earliest baptismal confession of the Church;...
by admin | Dec 3, 2016 | Rev. Bill Scarle
LEADER TIMES WEEKEND RELIGION ARTICLE FOR December 3, 2016 by William H. Scarle, Jr. 813-835-0129 A Holiday Birthday Jesus was born on a holiday, but obviously it wasn’t Christmas since there was no such celebration in the first century. Jesus was born just after...
by admin | Nov 26, 2016 | Rev. Bill Scarle
LEADER TIMES WEEKEND RELIGION COLUMN FOR November 26, 2016 by William H. Scarle, Jr. 813-835-0129 Every Christmas season for the last few years I have tried to stock up on stamps because the Post Office usually prints a Christmas stamp that lifts up the religious...
by admin | Nov 19, 2016 | Rev. Bill Scarle
LEADER TIMES WEEKEND RELIGION COLUMN FOR November 19, 2016 by William H. Scarle, Jr. 813-835-0129 PRAYING FOR OUR NEW LEADERS Rabbi Shaul (the Apostle Paul) wrote to young Timothy that prayer and thanksgiving should be offered for the leaders of the empire ( I Tim....
