I am a frequent visitor to several Christian blogs. One of the bigger ones I recently visited was discussing Matt 26:11 The poor you will always have with you. There were the usual posts saying that Jesus was inferring that “since the poor will always be here why bother to do anything about it”. These [...]
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Our Sheltered Lives…..
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, poverty, Religion on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two Types of Worldviews…
Posted in Christianity, Personal Testimony, Worldview, tagged Christianity, Principles on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the next few posts I am going to do some personal reflections. Will they be objective; of course not, after all they are personal to me and where I am in my life right now. If I am nothing else I am compassionate about things I truly believe in! I don’t pretend to have [...]
What is the meaning of life? – Part 2
Posted in Christianity, Theology, Worldview, tagged American Dream, Christianity on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We humans are constantly on the epic journey to find the meaning of life. It drives some of us quite crazy. Let’s look at some of the idols we Americans frequently put in place in our lives: We must have a bigger and bigger home to make our life meaningful — I must admit that [...]
Book Review – Letters from a Skeptic
Posted in Book review, Christianity, Witnessing/Apologetics, tagged apologetics, Christianity, Gregory Boyd, witnessing on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished the book Letters from a Skeptic by Greg Boyd and I must say I was profoundly moved by the contents. The book is essentially a series of letters between Dr. Boyd, who was once an atheist, but now a noted theologian and his unbelieving father Ed. The [...]
The Jesus Factor
Posted in Christianity, Red Letters, Worldview, tagged Christianity, Giving, Jesus Factor, Poor on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday I listened to a sermon from my pastor that truly moved me. It is about a subject that is very near to my heart. For that reason I am posting a copy here without comments. Please take the time to read it. You will be enriched by its message. It is kind of [...]
It’s Just a Face
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, Religion on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We have all seen many pictures such as the above portraying Jesus. Most show him as a fair haired blue eyed person of European descent. Of course in reality that is likely not what Jesus looked like. He probably looked much more like most of the 9/11 terrorists than what we are used to [...]
The Twenty Piece Shuffle
Posted in Christianity, tagged Book review, Christianity, Religion on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Subtitle: Some very inspiring words I just finished a book entitled “The Twenty Piece Shuffle” by Greg Paul. It is about a ministry to the poor in the Toronto area. Greg Paul has done such a great job in putting us inside this ministry by telling stories of those who have frequented the mission [...]
The Thing about Mary
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, Religion, Virgin Mary on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have always wondered why Catholics are so focused on the Virgin Mary and Protestants, except for Christmas Eve, almost totally ignore her? If we read the Gospels and the Book of Acts, besides for Jesus’ birth Mary is mentioned only a couple of times in the text so that doesn’t lead us to [...]
The curse of riches
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, Religion on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Matt 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Putting a camel through an eye of a needle sounds like an impossible task! That is unless the needle is the size of a [...]
How about those mega-churches?
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, Religion on January 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There is a wide disparity of opinion about how true to Christ mega-churches are. I probably fall somewhere in the middle of that opinion. As I see it, the pastor of the small church that I currently attend doesn’t have much good to say about any of them. He seems to say that, in order [...]
Happy Birthday Jesus
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, Religion on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About Christmas
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, Religion on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most of the information about Christmas is found in the Gospel of Luke. Luke was probably a gentile by birth and was believe to be well educated in Greek culture. He was a physician and was probably a good friend to Paul. Luke’s account was believed to be the most accurate historically; it seems he [...]
