Thoughts on Luke 17:1-10 While reading Scriptures the other day, I was struck with the reality that Jesus spoke of Temptation and Forgiveness as a joint aspect of Christian walk. Not to say that we are to welcome temptation but that we will be faced with it and many times we will fall victim to [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Some Proverbs From James
May 20
James 4:1-17 On who is wise and who is foolish. Fighting sin in the Church. The whole of James 4 is a lesson on Christian Proverbs and a seething rebuke of the attitudes of the Church that have crept into the body of believers. He starts out with the question, “Who causes quarrels and what [...]
Taliban: The New Nazi
May 19
The more I read about the inhuman treatment the Taliban inflicts on the people, the more I realize that it is no better than the Nazi regime that plagued Europe last century. I can equate them with the terror, intolerance and pure evil that can only represent Satan. While I do not believe that Islam [...]
Wendy’s Journal
May 16
For those who know and loved Wendy from Australia, her journal was sent to me to share. In the last days of her life on earth, she had grace and wisdom that is a comfort to all of us. Please read the attachment and be blessed. Wendy died of liver cancer on May 3, 2009. [...]
While we may pride ourselves for living a Christian lifestyle it may be that we are not acting in Wisdom. At this present time, the local church is using Rick Warren’s 40 Days of Love and the accompanying book, The Relationship Principals of Jesus by Tom Holladay. What surprised me is that although the primary [...]
Because I first came to the realization of God by a study in scientific realities, and later came to believe in The Judean concept of God and finally accepted Christ, I found the article in the latest issue of Christianity Today(May 2009), Augustine’s Origin of Species by Alister McGrath very interesting. While I am not [...]