Λόγος
In the beginning was the λόγος and the λόγος was together with the God, and God was the λόγος. This same λόγος was in the beginning together with the God. All things through him came to be, and without him came to be not one thing. What came to be in him was life, and […]
Life on Purpose
“The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters..” — Proverbs 20:5“He restores my soul…” Psalm 23 Charles Wittlesey is one of my heroes. An attorney prior to going off to war, he earned a Congressional Medal of Honor for his determination and bravery in the final days of World War One. His battalion took […]
I Want to Be In the Light
“Be imitators of God….For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light.” Ephesians 5:1, 8 I have uncles that are twins: Jerry and Lerry. When I was a teen I worked with them many hours each summer on construction sites. The work was hard but the […]
Thoughts on Galatians (Part II)
Galatians 5:1 as I would translate it reads, “For the sake of freedom, Christ freed us. Stand therefore and do not again let yourselves become entangled by the yoke of slavery.” The imperative “Stand” is they key here. Action on our parts is required to retain the freedom Christ gave us for the sake of […]
Thoughts on Galatians (Part I)
Today many religious institutions are promoting the same kind of witchcraft today. Things like the Prosperity Gospel, the growing movement to promote Centering or Contemplative Prayer , and the belief that simply saying “The Sinner’s Prayer” is assurance of salivation are just some examples of the other gospels about which Paul warned…
Kennedy on Religious Liberty
The separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president, should he be Catholic, how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote…” — John F. Kennedy Some are guilty of treating the comma following the word “absolute” as though it was a […]
Vanity
“…every man at his best state is altogether vanity.” Psalm 39:5 John Adams was vain, writes Denise Kiernan in the book Signing Their Lives Away. Because of his keen intellect he was almost always right, and he knew it. Thus, the ego, the arrogance. If the synonyms for the word vain are accurate, he was […]
Poetry
Recently I spent a few days looking into a section of the first chapter of Luke called the Magnificat or the Song of Mary. I’ve always wondered exactly what features of a Greek New Testament passage cause it to be considered verse instead of prose. One thing I had already discovered was that it was not the […]
Fulfillment
In the second chapter of Luke the accounts of Simon and Anna at the dedication of Jesus are often seen with the heading “The Prophecy of…” attached to them. I think the real purpose of the author was not to record prophecy but to illustrate that Jesus, even as an infant, was the means by which […]
The Unknown Comic
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22 One of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence was a comedian? His name was Matthew Thornton. Thornton came to America when he was four years old. His path to success wasn’t exactly one of ease. For […]