City Lights
The newsletter of The Bronx Household of FaithApostasy
Apostasy is a term that has dropped out of usage for most Evangelicals. After all, “once saved always saved,” would make apostasy virtually impossible. Yet there are others who also live under the Evangelical umbrella who believe that a person, once truly saved,...
Hard Reality and Glorious Promise
Thirty years ago, Hugh Dwyer grew up in our neighborhood with an alcoholic and then absent father. When he embraced the Gospel at age 13 after getting connected with our Stockade boy’s club several years earlier, God set Hugh on a path that leads to life,...
This Is My Father’s World
This is my father's worldand to my listening ears all nature sings, and round me rings, the music of the spheres. Somehow, riding the subway at 6:00 in the morning in mid-winter darkness, a couple of days a week (to do lap swimming), doesn’t lend itself to hearing...
The Prince of Peace
Knowing that the spiritual battle will rage until that moment, we should not be discouraged nor agitated that it continues in our time. Neither should we retreat into a bunker mentality and passively wait until the warfare is ended.
Three Card Monte
Fordham Road, a very busy street just around the corner from me, I encounter a game called Three Card Monte. It’s a version of the old shell game. The game is usually played with a red ace and two identical black cards. You watch closely
Teens: The Fields White Unto Harvest
The Bronx Household of Faith has ministered to teenagers ever since we opened our doors 40 plus years ago (wherever those doors were located at various times through our history).
This past September to June, we had our largest group of teen guys