Category: Pride
Pride and the Fringes of the Church of God Movement
6 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself…
Righteous Anger?
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ~ Jas 1:20 James wrote a letter of correction to the brethren at large. He had many things to say about lusts causing wars and strife, the proper use of the tongue and anger.
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 6: Judgmentalism or Judge Not That Ye Be Not Judged? (aka, “Does COGWA ‘Observe” Christmas?”)
It is possible in some abstract sense that all men are equal. But according to the Bible, Aristotle, and most considerate observers, men are not equal in natural capacity, aptitude for learning, moral education, and so on. If you can get the first belief substituted for the second, on…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 5: Comparing Ourselves to One Another
Click on image to view full resolution picture I apologize if it seems I am picking on the Pharisees, but my words are hardly more critical than Jesus’ own. In essence, they represented a contradiction, which if any one of us is truly honest can find such contradictions in…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 3: How to Keep the Sabbath
Jewish tzitzit, or tassels, both styles Picture by Sheynhertz-Unbayg 3 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 2: How to Be so Right Yet Totally Wrong
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, where some say Jesus was born Photo by Darko Tepert Donatus, 2006 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 1: Where There’s a Will To Disbelieve, There’s a Reason to Disbelieve
Warhorse soldiers and local sheiks meet over a meal 15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you,…
The Original Sin Was Committed by Lucifer not Adam
Pelagius (ca. 354 – ca. 420/440) was an ascetic monk and reformer who denied the doctrine of Original Sin from Adam and was declared a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church. Perhaps you’ve heard of “the original sin”. What does it mean? Is it true? If not, what is the…
Judge Not
Car Drives Past Policeman Chatting Going Against One Way Sign 1Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matthew 7:1-2, King James Version) Some people stop at verse…
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Pride and the Fringes of the Church of God Movement
6 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself…
Righteous Anger?
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ~ Jas 1:20 James wrote a letter of correction to the brethren at large. He had many things to say about lusts causing wars and strife, the proper use of the tongue and anger.
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 6: Judgmentalism or Judge Not That Ye Be Not Judged? (aka, “Does COGWA ‘Observe” Christmas?”)
It is possible in some abstract sense that all men are equal. But according to the Bible, Aristotle, and most considerate observers, men are not equal in natural capacity, aptitude for learning, moral education, and so on. If you can get the first belief substituted for the second, on…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 5: Comparing Ourselves to One Another
Click on image to view full resolution picture I apologize if it seems I am picking on the Pharisees, but my words are hardly more critical than Jesus’ own. In essence, they represented a contradiction, which if any one of us is truly honest can find such contradictions in…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 3: How to Keep the Sabbath
Jewish tzitzit, or tassels, both styles Picture by Sheynhertz-Unbayg 3 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 2: How to Be so Right Yet Totally Wrong
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, where some say Jesus was born Photo by Darko Tepert Donatus, 2006 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?…
The Ignorant Know-It-Alls, Part 1: Where There’s a Will To Disbelieve, There’s a Reason to Disbelieve
Warhorse soldiers and local sheiks meet over a meal 15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you,…
The Original Sin Was Committed by Lucifer not Adam
Pelagius (ca. 354 – ca. 420/440) was an ascetic monk and reformer who denied the doctrine of Original Sin from Adam and was declared a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church. Perhaps you’ve heard of “the original sin”. What does it mean? Is it true? If not, what is the…
Judge Not
Car Drives Past Policeman Chatting Going Against One Way Sign 1Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matthew 7:1-2, King James Version) Some people stop at verse…