Tag: pride
Prove All Things: Why Does It Matter?
Have we learned anything from history? Some of you are starting to get it. Some of you were already getting it but now realize you are not alone. Sadly, many will never get it in this lifetime.
Hubris in the Church of God = Strife
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.
Other Commentaries on False Leaders, Both Civil and Religious
False leaders with their false ideas and those who follow them are always sucked in by arrogance, ignorance or both. The King and Queen of Hearts hold court to determine who stole the tarts, one of the legendary stories perhaps based upon the foibles of bad leadership. Altered and scaled…
The Old King Dies, a Modern Parable
Old King Cole was a merry old soul… There was once a king who lived in a marvelous palace. He did not always have such a fine palace, but it took years of work and God’s blessings to build up. It was surrounded by a vast wasteland that the…
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…
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Prove All Things: Why Does It Matter?
Have we learned anything from history? Some of you are starting to get it. Some of you were already getting it but now realize you are not alone. Sadly, many will never get it in this lifetime.
Hubris in the Church of God = Strife
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.
Other Commentaries on False Leaders, Both Civil and Religious
False leaders with their false ideas and those who follow them are always sucked in by arrogance, ignorance or both. The King and Queen of Hearts hold court to determine who stole the tarts, one of the legendary stories perhaps based upon the foibles of bad leadership. Altered and scaled…
The Old King Dies, a Modern Parable
Old King Cole was a merry old soul… There was once a king who lived in a marvelous palace. He did not always have such a fine palace, but it took years of work and God’s blessings to build up. It was surrounded by a vast wasteland that the…
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…