A Quick Look on The History How Marriage Started in Church

<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1030" title="marriage" src="https://theopenedbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/marriage.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="183" /><strong>The following excerpt is taken from "The Story of Christianity" by Justo L. Gonzalez and is the primary book for Church History at Wesley Theological Seminary.</strong> The idea of celebrating marriages in church happened around the 3 century when Ignatius of Antioch wrote to Polycarp that all marriages should take place with the knowledge of the bishop.... marriages in church has a function outsideREAD MORE

The Centering Moment

<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1025" title="howardthurman" src="https://theopenedbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/howardthurman.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="201" /> The religious experiences of the slave were rich and full because his avenues of emotional were definitely limited and circumscribed. His religious aspirations were expressed in many songs delineated varying aspects of his desires. The other-worldly hope looms large, and this of course is not strange; the other-worldly hope is always available when groups of people find themselves completely frustrated inREAD MORE