In the daily reading plan I have been going through the Gospel of Luke. One of Luke’s phrases, in the NLT, that he repeats over and over again is this: experts in religious law. He couples that with the term Pharisees, so we know that he’s not just referring to the group of Pharisees, but [...]
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The Basic Law
If you follow me on twitter (if you’re a fan of witty, biblical, awesome observations I highly recommend it) you might have seen my last tweet. It was Ezek. 43:12, which says: “and this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness!” So, the basic law or the most essential foundation/ starting point or [...]
unSecret Christian Fetish #4: My Preferences
On every website, on every cell phone, on every computer and just about everything we encounter nowadays there is a subtle hidden feature. It’s the “my preferences” feature. On your laptop you can adjust everything from icons to screen saver to background image. The same goes for your cell phones as well. The same also [...]
unSecret Christian Fetish #3 – Works not words.
Poor St. Francis, so many people have blasted him for a comment he never made. Perhaps, you have heard the phrase: “preach the gospel, if necessary, use words”. A lot of people think St. Francis coined that phrase. (He didn’t, his real quote: In Chapter XVII of his Rule of 1221, Francis told the friars [...]
unSecret Christian Fetish #2 – Earthly Thinking
It’s hard to truly fathom heaven and eternity. In fact, in hebrew, the definition of eternity is time outside of the mind. So, having said that how can finite beings truly comprehend the infinite? Only through the mind of the Spirit (the mind of Christ). It’s very easy to get caught up in earthly thinking. [...]
unSecret Christian Fetish #1 – Alcohol
The battle rages on in the kingdom: to drink or not to drink. Many denominations have relaxed their stance on ministers drinking alcohol. Many mainline preachers have given themselves over to social drinking (and the occasional curse word) and decried it as “relevant” and “I am not perfect”. These comments are of course ludicrous and [...]
Good vs. Evil
Good vs. evil. We see it in the movies, books, video games and even taking place in our own lives. Yet the world is making a huge attempt to blur the lines between good vs. evil. They are feeding the world the idea that man is generally good. Any mistakes man may make are the [...]
On Following Doctrine…
In the last post, I talked about how people create doctrines. In this post, I want to discuss how to follow SOUND DOCTRINE. It’s easy to get lost into crazy new doctrines and blown about by every wind of doctrine. But those who love the truth are the ones who will never be shaken. Paul [...]
On creating doctrines…
A lot of people create doctrines. A lot of people don’t realize they create doctrines. Usually it masquerades as a “personal opinion” (as in, “that’s just my personal opinion”) or a tradition (as in, “I always do it that way). On the rare occasion it will manifest itself as a “personal preference” (as in, “I [...]
