The Lost Enchantment

by | Dec 4, 2018 | Poetry

I, too, once opened my heart to happiness! Everything around me I heard speak of holy love; I wept at others tears, suffered at others pain; ah! to that lost enchantment who will return me one day? I wept at others tears, etc. From Verdi Nabucco In the golden years of...

Jesus The Messiah

by | Jul 30, 2018 | Articles, Religion

Jesus The Messiah By J. Prescott Johnson, Ph.D., Northwestern University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Monmouth Col. Il. Book 1 The Preparation for the Gospel Preface The Gospels give four different views of the historical Jesus: the divine promise, the Messiah,...

Jesus: Relevance

by | Jan 9, 2018 | Articles, Religion

Part 1: Ancient Time Part 2: Contemporary Time Part 1 The relevance of ancient time, the historic time of Jesus’ magnificent and heroic life, is well-known by us today. We remember the miraculous occasion of his birth in a stable, surrounded by the lowing of cattle,...

Death and Judgment

by | Jun 12, 2017 | Articles, Religion

Death and Judgment J. Prescott Johnson, Ph.D., Northwestern University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Monmouth College (IL) κα_ καθ__σσv _πόκειται τo_ς _vθρώπoις _παξ _πoθαvε_v, μετ_ δ_ τo_τo κρίσις… And  as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this...