January 2010
1 post
Abba, Daddy.
The Bible is full of metaphors and names for God. For example, bridegroom, king, judge, shepherd, friend, brother, the list goes on. These metaphors for God shouldn’t be taken too literal, I do, however, believe there is a sense of literalism. It can be dangerous to entirely view God as a judge or king… these names aren’t fully descriptive of God. Yet, there is one metaphor and...
November 2009
3 posts
Lazarus.
There are two types of types of compassions that I have learned. One, naive compassion is when somebody says something like this, “if only somebody would love them, then they would come to Jesus.” The other type of compassion is real compassion. Through this compassion one should learn what it means to really love someone. Not being timid to reveal someones conscience or even realizing...
October 2009
3 posts
A paraphrase of The Lost Christ by F.W. Boreham.
It is possible to lose Christ. Mary and Joseph were able to. Returning from the temple it was customary for the woman to travel with other women and the men to travel with the other men. So mary assumed that He was with Joseph and Joseph assumed He was with Mary.
The most unlikely people can loose Him. Let no missionary, pastor, or sunday school teacher say it can never happen! It can and it does...
Upon this Rock.
Jesus called Peter a rock, which upon this rock I will build My Church. Reading through the gospels we see that Peter was a man full of personality. Peter was man of intellect, emotion, and will. These three things make up for a great personality.
Geologist agree that rocks are formed out of a process. They are an exhibition of principle. When Jesus first asked Peter to follow Him, Peter lacked...