Jesus tells us that the entire Law and Prophets hang on these two commands1: “The Lord our God is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your might.”2 and “’You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”1 And Jesus also says, “But IContinue reading “Love Like Jesus Does”
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Coward’s Power Play
These days, our reaction as a society to hypocrisy could be an illustration of hypocrisy itself. The entrenched on either side of an issue scream “Hypocrite!” at each other across a divide of their own making…to insure the increase of that divide. Like children choosing sides to play Red Rover, many of our politicians, ourContinue reading “Coward’s Power Play”
The Literal of the Word
One of the most immature ideas I ever had about the Bible was that it must be both literally and figuratively true at the same time. Jesus made the prophecies literally true. Much that is literal can be found in the poetry of the Psalms. ‘The Song of Solomon,’ however, definitively disabuses one of thatContinue reading “The Literal of the Word”
Goats, Lambs, DOs & DON’Ts
Are you a goat? In today’s sports’ vernacular, GOAT is an acronym for greatest of all time. In the Bible’s vernacular, goats get sent into obscurity. In the Old Testament, the scape–goat gets sent into the wilds carrying a year’s worth of Israel’s sin. In Matthew’s Gospel, the goats, thinking they’ve done all that hasContinue reading “Goats, Lambs, DOs & DON’Ts”
Scattered Verses 