In the 400th Anniversary Year of the launching of The King James Version of the Bible The 2004 Winter Bible Study Series at The City Church, New York The last supernova was seen from Earth exactly 400 years ago – in 1604. That spectacular astral explosion of light and energy was visible through both darkness…

The Fall 2003 Bible Study Series by Dr. Ralph Blair at the City Church, New York FIRST STUDY Three hundred years ago today, Jonathan Edwards was one week old. And considering how very precocious he was, he was already well on his way to becoming America’s foremost theologian. One day, he wrote the following on…

A Study Series for The City Church, New York, Winter, 2002 By Dr. Ralph Blair Introduction Three weeks ago I was in California for a wedding. On Sunday morning, I was taken to Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral where “never is heard a discouraging word.” At least that’s the intention at the palace of “possibility thinking.”…

Our Only Comfort Our Only Comfort in Life and in Death Meditations in The Heidelberg Catechism Dr. Ralph Blair The City Church, New York, October 6, 13, 20, 27, 2002 FIRST LESSON The interruption of everyday life by sudden death and destruction was never as massive here in America as on 9/11 a year ago….