Jesus, the Pretext — 1/31/12
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Contemporary man finds it fashionable to ask “What would Jesus do?” This catchphrase finds its source in the subtitle of Charles Sheldon’s 1897 novel In His Steps. I have never read the book, and cannot comment on it. I understand Sheldon was a socialist who, as a professing Christian, proclaimed the social gospel. The more […]
Read full post...Re-thinking “Judge Not”
Thursday, October 20th, 2011Perhaps the most misunderstood and ill-used verse of Scripture is “Judge not, lest you be judged.” We hear this from those wishing to deflect moral censure, as though Jesus is making a blanket statement against all judgment. I’m convinced most people don’t even know where this is found (Matthew 7:1), but use it anyway to […]
Read full post...Mr. Bojangles, Rascal, God and Me — 9/7/11
Monday, September 12th, 2011Well, the deed is done. I’m saddened, but not all broken up about it; after all he was just a cat. Still, if he’d have been suffering with pain, I could better justify putting him down September 6th at 6:30 pm. I found him at the end of November 1994, along with two other kittens […]
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