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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
Our Sheltered Lives…..
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, poverty, Religion on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is Religion an idol??
Posted in Christianity, Worldview, tagged idols, Religion on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is it possible for the Christian Religion itself to be an idol? I believe it can be and here is why. Yes, if it’s point is to show our superiority over others. Many of us Christians sit in our churches and seem to snub our nose at those who are not like us. We are [...]
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 [...]
An Ordinary Radical??
Posted in Book review, Christianity, Red Letters, tagged Add new tag, Book review, Clairborne, Religion on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let me start out by telling you that this post is not about Jesus being a radical but there is definitely some truth to that statement and I will address that in a future post. I know this title is kind of confusing. Is there really such a thing as an “ordinary” radical. I don’t [...]
