By Tyler Hendricks Sociological research finds that healthy marriage and family life is the key to personal happiness and societal peace and progress. Natural families — lifelong, married, two-parent (man-woman) households — produce individuals who are significantly happier, healthier and more successful than those created out of any other family structure. Historical research finds that… Continue Reading →
Heavenly Parent and the God of Dual Characteristics
By Tyler Hendricks Soon after the ascension of her husband, Rev. Sun Myung Moon (for Unificationists, Father Moon), Dr. Hak Ja Han (Mother Moon) said that God is Hanul Bumo, Korean for Heavenly Parent(s). She thus upended 2,000 years of Christian understanding as well as the normative understanding of her own movement. Some criticized her… Continue Reading →
A Response to Andrew Wilson’s Article on the Only Begotten Daughter
By Claude A. Perrottet This recent article, “Why Does True Mother Call Herself the Only Begotten Daughter?” by Andrew Wilson suggests that True Mother has chosen to lower herself by taking on the title of Only Begotten Daughter in reaction to failure and opposition. While acknowledging the many insights of this factual article, I submit… Continue Reading →
Reflections on True Mother’s City of Refuge Speech
By Tyler Hendricks In her April 6, 2019 speech at the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, CA, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon made significant statements on environmentalism, the ethics of nations, the use of force, and her course as the True Mother. Her speech has… Continue Reading →
The Mission of the New Truth
By Tyler Hendricks Rev. Sun Myung Moon spoke on both sides of many matters. He considered God to appear as Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, but addressed Him only as Heavenly Father. He referred to himself and his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, as being free from original sin and as having original sin. Father… Continue Reading →
Predestination of the Only-Begotten Daughter
By Tyler Hendricks “Who am I?” Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon opened her talk. She was at East Garden on December 4, speaking to some 300 teenagers and young adults. Not waiting to sort out their replies, she answered her own question: “I am the only-begotten daughter.” She then explained that Adam and Eve had… Continue Reading →
Want To Be a Minister?
By Tyler Hendricks The path to professional ministry would seem to be simple, but it is very complex — for the aspirant and for the community they hope to serve. In order to ordain their spiritual leaders, i.e., pastors, religious institutions have to: define their purposes, their beliefs, their standards of practice for members as… Continue Reading →
The Responsibility of True Parents’ Successors
By Tyler Hendricks True Parents’ successors have the honor and responsibility to own and build Cheon Il Guk. As I studied some of True Father’s words on the subject, including statements going back to the early 1980s, three points emerged: One, that we all are successors; two, the notion of a central successor; and, three,… Continue Reading →
Thoughts on Sanctuary Church, Revisited
By Tyler Hendricks My recent video, “Thoughts on Sanctuary Church,” elicited affirmative responses as well as detailed criticism and ad hominem comments. I’m grateful for it all and want to summarize “Thoughts” and the main criticisms, and respond to the latter. I began with the logic of Sanctuary’s story, which Dr. Richard Panzer, Sanctuary’s president,… Continue Reading →
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