Throughout history, men and women who called themselves Christians have waged “holy war,” massacred native peoples in the name of God, burned the innocent at the stake, set themselves against scientific progress, spread anti-Semitic messages, participated in genocide, bombed abortion clinics, mi
01.23.2011| The Fish Tank | Ruirui Kuang
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For many of us, it is difficult to put the preaching of forgiveness into practice. When the Saints Church in Alexandria was bombed this past New Year’s Day, it was hard to forgive the perpetrators. The fears and frustrations of the Coptic Christians opened the floodgates of their anger and caused
01.9.2011| The Fish Tank | Ruirui Kuang
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I pray not because I want to be delivered whenever I have a hardship and only when I have a hardship. I pray not because others tell me to. I pray not because my parents have always prayed before dinner. I pray not because I feel the passionate stirrings of the Holy Spirit in my soul, because I don
01.2.2011| The Fish Tank | Ruirui Kuang
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On behalf of The Harvard Ichthus, Merry Christmas to you and yours! Today, on this annual celebratory day symbolizing the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the celebrations I’ve witnessed of the birth of humanity’s salvation and promise to eternal life have ironically been anxious and frenz
12.25.2010| The Fish Tank | Ruirui Kuang
No CommentsSince the 17th century, classical theism has been seen as the mainstream doctrine of God in the Christian scholarly tradition. John W. Cooper describes the God of classical theism in his book, Panentheism: The Other God of the Philosophers: “In brief, classical theism asserts that God is transcend
06.13.2010| Opinions, Volume 6, Issue 1 | Ruirui Kuang
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I don’t like to watch mushy dramas. But during my mandatory quarantine period in Beijing this summer, I sat in my hotel for three days doing just that. Little did I know that I would be swept up for hours on end by the melodramatic stunts of a Chinese drama entitled Rich Man Poor Love, whose main
03.10.2010| The Fish Tank | Ruirui Kuang
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