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Category Archives: Culture/Society
BLESSED ARE THE PERSECUTED Matthew 5:10
This is the eighth beatitude. One major observation to be made is it is not a characteristic of the believer but describes how others react to the believer. That is why I place this verse as a transition from the … Continue reading
I Am a Business Executive
I am a business executive. That means, according to Obama, I am the enemy. Yet, I am the one who creates jobs! And he wants to tax me out of business? That doesn’t make sense. What really needs to happen … Continue reading
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS Matthew 5:9
This is the seventh beatitude. It says that a characteristic of the child of God is peacemaking. The characteristic shows a “family resemblance” to the Father, for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. (1 Corinthians 14:33) I … Continue reading
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN Matthew 5:4
The second Beatitude is Blessed are Those who Mourn (Matthew 5:4). Commentators like to emphasize the paradox, “Happy are the Sad”. Many wish to apply this to people who are suffering some calamity, as if Jesus is making a blanket … Continue reading
Post-Racial America
Recently, there have been analysts who have claimed that America is “post-racial”. “With the election of America’s first black president”, they say, “America has moved beyond the racism of its past”. Such a belief, even in its best and most … Continue reading
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Dream 10/16/2010
I was in a community setting; out doors but not primitive, like a street party. Either I was the only white person there, or I was a black man in my dream. I was not out of place but was … Continue reading
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Glory Days
I was talking to a guy the other day who went into “glory days” talk; High school sports. He was on the football and basketball teams. Look who the NFL had, he said, Jerry Rice? All I’m saying is, there … Continue reading
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Flesh vs Faith Part 7: Tests of Faith
If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31) In the previous article, I looked at James 1 and the temptation to view temptation as coming from God. James says that temptation does not come from God, … Continue reading
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Flesh vs Faith Part 6: Slow to Hear vs Quick to Hear
This probably should have preceded the last blog, which started looking at the life of Abraham. This section(1) from the Book of James seems to fit in with the Flesh vs Faith struggle. Particularly, these verses expound on what is … Continue reading
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Flesh vs Faith Part 5: The Call of Abraham
You lived 175 years and never went beyond faith – Søren Kierkegaard. In the series up to now, I have defined Faith and Flesh. Faith, I said, is an active response to God’s revelation, of living trust that what God … Continue reading
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