Is the 20th century’s pre-eminent economic and militarity power even sustainable in the 21st century? First let’s get our terms straight. I live in Costa Rica. Latin Americans and Canadians resent the appropriation of the name America to only one country. But for convenience, this blog post will follow the […]
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The Good Thief was blessed with the two necessary elements for salvation. He showed remorse, acknowledging that his own wrongdoing put him up on his cross. And he appealed to Jesus to save him.
Willful ignorance of evil, or mocking the very concept of evil, both short-circuit contrition for sin.The first condition for forgiveness is acknowledging that a wrong has been committed and being sorry for it. A sin unconfessed, or a sin for which there is little or no regret, cannot be forgiven because the condition of contrition is not met.
8 June 2020 Costa Rica is about the size of West Virginia and has a population of five million. The country has a sophisticated universal public health system that in the US would be called single payer. The “Caja,” as it is popularly called, has done a very good job […]