“We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile.” — J.R.R. Tolkien.
“You must understand that in the last days, distressing times will come. For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good, treacherous…
To start with, many definitions of “Spirituality” confuse me. The Georgetown University’s National Center for Cultural Competence (HTTPS://NCCC.GEORGETOWN.EDU/BODY-MIND-SPIRIT/DEFINITIONS-SPIRITUALITY-RELIGION.PHP) provides seven different definitions. None are quite what I…
One subject that causes much irritation in modern times is the subject of Hell. I have discussed the topic of death and Hades, but these are intermediate states and not the final ordeal. The Bible paints a picture of all people, great and small, coming before the Throne of the…
Another Hard Teaching For Today
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road can take you there.”
“Well, some go this way, and some go that way. But as for me, myself, personally, I prefer the short-cut.” — the Cheshire…
No serious discussion on Christian faith leads to a conclusion: the hidden or unseen element clouds or ability to see beyond. The controversy on Jesus continues: Was he God? Was he human? Is God a trinity? Did Jesus die on the cross, or was it an illusion? Can God inhabit a human body and…
No serious discussion on Christian faith leads to a consensus conclusion: the hidden or unseen element clouds or ability to see beyond. The controversy on Jesus continues: Was he God? Was he human? Is God a trinity? Did Jesus die on the cross, or was it an illusion? Can God inhabit…
A Kingdom Divided
“A House Divided Cannot Stand” …. Matthew 12:25; Mark 3:25
One of Jesus’ least considered statements was about a divided house. In context, he was addressing the charges made by Jewish leaders that his casting out demons was by the power of Satan. His illustration inferred that if…