Category: Humility
Can or Should a Christian Change?
Indiana Religious Objection Bill, Entitlement, Passover and the Feast Days of Unleavened Bread
What do gay activists, King Saul, King David, Job and probably you and I have in common? Some things that I hope you and I can agree upon: 1. Passover and the accompanying foot washing ceremony should teach us about humility. 2. In addition, the death of Jesus Christ for…
Prove All Things: The Humility of John the Baptist
How do today’s religious leaders stack up? The above portrait of John the Baptist/Baptizer is probably a bit more realistic than most artists’ conception of Jesus. Actually, John’s hair was likely longer, as he was a Nazarite. Jesus, however, was a Nazarene, which means He lived in Nazareth, and that…
Hubris in the Church of God = Strife
State of the Union
Tonight, at 9:00 pm (21:00 for you Europeans) EST, the President will address Congress (and the nation) via a yearly ritual called the “State of the Union Address”. Is there a parallel within Christianity?
Underestimating the Enemy
Useless speculations don’t make a strategy Image by Special:Contributions/Saul ip, Wikimedia Commons under CCA-SA license I read a really superficial “news” commentary recently. The Washington Post put out a piece of fluff called “How scary is Putin’s Russia compared to the Soviet Union? This chart has some answers“. I am glad…
Leading By Humble Example (“The Way”)
Ancient Qumran lamp from time of King Herod’s reign 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ~ Ac 19:9 Christianity, especially in the…
“Ye Shall Afflict Your Souls”
Mount Azazel Photo by deror_avi 29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger…
Pride and Sin
Proclamation for a New England Fast Day 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. ~ Ps 10:4 We have often heard that the main reason for fasting is to humble one’s self before God in order to…
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Can or Should a Christian Change?
Indiana Religious Objection Bill, Entitlement, Passover and the Feast Days of Unleavened Bread
What do gay activists, King Saul, King David, Job and probably you and I have in common? Some things that I hope you and I can agree upon: 1. Passover and the accompanying foot washing ceremony should teach us about humility. 2. In addition, the death of Jesus Christ for…
Prove All Things: The Humility of John the Baptist
How do today’s religious leaders stack up? The above portrait of John the Baptist/Baptizer is probably a bit more realistic than most artists’ conception of Jesus. Actually, John’s hair was likely longer, as he was a Nazarite. Jesus, however, was a Nazarene, which means He lived in Nazareth, and that…
Hubris in the Church of God = Strife
State of the Union
Tonight, at 9:00 pm (21:00 for you Europeans) EST, the President will address Congress (and the nation) via a yearly ritual called the “State of the Union Address”. Is there a parallel within Christianity?
Underestimating the Enemy
Useless speculations don’t make a strategy Image by Special:Contributions/Saul ip, Wikimedia Commons under CCA-SA license I read a really superficial “news” commentary recently. The Washington Post put out a piece of fluff called “How scary is Putin’s Russia compared to the Soviet Union? This chart has some answers“. I am glad…
Leading By Humble Example (“The Way”)
Ancient Qumran lamp from time of King Herod’s reign 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ~ Ac 19:9 Christianity, especially in the…
“Ye Shall Afflict Your Souls”
Mount Azazel Photo by deror_avi 29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger…
Pride and Sin
Proclamation for a New England Fast Day 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. ~ Ps 10:4 We have often heard that the main reason for fasting is to humble one’s self before God in order to…