Traitors for Christ
I’ve been building up some links-of-interest for a while…and waiting for my flight to Manchester, New Hampshire here in Baltimore, Maryland may give me time to finally post them. 🙂 In newest to oldest order… Case studies in cognitive dissonance: “Methodists OK same-sex benefits for employees” How’s this for a “What does it say about…
Recently I heard the track “Dark Passenger” by the group Fozzy. It starts off with: Jesus is my co-pilot Or that’s just what they say But it’s not the Savior Who guides me every day Although the lyrics are a bit ambiguous, and it almost sounds like the anti-hero of the song wants to repent,…
Jesus’ words about divorce appear to leave little room for the practice in a Christian context: It was also said, “Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.” But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and…
Some good "Happy Easter" news: "China on course to become ‘world’s most Christian nation’ within 15 years" And, on this day we celebrate the empty tomb, may we all be as wise as those described by… Officially, the People’s Republic of China is an atheist country but that is changing fast as many of its…
During a Sabbath visit to a synagogue in Antioch, the apostle Paul notes of David: And when he had removed [Saul], he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will’…
As many of you are probably aware, the reason Michelle, Augie, and I are here because of a planned marriage. It is institution that goes back to the very beginning of human time. How do we know that? Because of an interesting conversation between our Lord and Savior and some first century religious leaders: 3Â And…
Although it’s been a while since I read these words while going through all 66 this year, they have stuck with me: Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass (Joshua 21:45, English Standard Version). This could not be any…
As seems so often true, if I really like a television series it only lasts one season (or less). Firefly fits that category perfectly (although I don’t know if I actually watched it while it was first airing). The good news is that it was followed up by a tremendously entertaining movie, Serenity. (If you like…
Paul Gets Practical We are now most of the way through our “walk about” in Colossians. This is talk number nine of eleven in the series, “Dear Least Important Church…” And after reading today’s section, Colossians 3:18-4:1, I thought to myself, “Finally Paul is getting practical.” Now, don’t get me wrong…I’m not suggesting that everything…
In the first chapter of today’s Bible reading I ran into this interesting section: 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness….
This is not theological, religious, spiritual, etcetera… If you click on the image below you can read the humorous article whose genesis was the reaction I got to my Facebook profile picture with a fedora. Personally I thought I looked like a 50s cop, but… Credit to the free "Funny Newspaper Generator with Your Own…
As I continue this year’s trek through all 66, I ran into the incident where, when asked by Moses to allow the Israelites to go worship in the desert for three days, the Pharaoh wasn’t so inclined. Not only did he say no, he decided to double down: 6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the…
Royal Priesthood 9Â But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10Â Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received…
Albert Mohler once again puts my thoughts into words a lot better than I do, this time with regards to how a belief in macro evolution requires just as much faith as Christianity: "Evolution Is Most Certainly a Matter of Belief—and so Is Christianity" Hopefully to encourage you to read the whole thing, here is…
Ministry of Silly Walks Although I didn’t really watch much Monty Python while it was being actively created, I have found a lot of what I have seen pretty funny. Now, by mentioning that show it doesn’t mean I recommend Christians imbibe it indiscriminately. They were talented comedians, but not apparently Christian ones…and there is…