Erik Reece’s article, “Jesus Without The Miracles,” breaks my heart in many places, and confuses me in others. Reece bases his thoughts on Thomas Jefferson’s Bible excerpts, which I wrote about in my last post, and the Gospel of Thomas.
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Over at The Huffington Post, Anita Thompson wrote a Christmas article entitled What Would Jesus Do? Ask Thomas Jefferson. Thompson’s message looks to the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson, who “took a pair of scissors to the King James Bible and scrapped the dazzling miracles….[Jefferson] boasted that he had extracted the ‘diamonds from the dunghill’ [...]
I wrote a few days ago about the church discipline story coming out of Jacksonville, Forida. Remember that I was critical of the church, accusing them of misapplying doctrine.
Today at GetReligion, Mollie Ziegler wrote about the same story, and she offers many details of which I was unaware. Here a few excerpts, some [...]
“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.
“But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.
“If he refuses to listen [...]
I am a conservative through and through when it comes to government size and role, and every increase in political power makes me cringe. For that reason, more than any other, I consider myself a Republican.
The trouble is that Republicans only rarely do so much as mention the idea of small government these days. Recent [...]
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I did not grow up with any knowledge of the catechisms, but I have recently taken an interest in them - particularly the Westminster and Heidelberg. I haven’t gotten far at all into the Heidelberg Catechism, but the first point it makes struck a chord deep within me.
The first question asks, “What is your [...]
A few days ago The Washington Times online ran a story published by the London Daily Telegraph that tells of a French mayor’s attempts to maintain control and order in his town. I am not very familiar with the situation, but I was struck by the mayor’s comments about the situation.
Xavier Lemoine, the mayor, [...]
During my lunchbreak I was reading John 12 and came across two verses that spoke volumes to my soul.
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I [...]
