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Category Archives: Ethics
The Right Notes
I was at a service when a group got up to sing. It was a trio of people who had sung together for a long time and they were doing a medley. The first song started off with no accompaniment, … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Ethics, Spirituality
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BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART Matthew 5:8
This is the sixth beatitude. It says that the pure in heart are blessed. Looking at the heart first, it is good to note that the cosmology (or is it anthropology?) of Jesus’ day was different than ours.
BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL Matthew 5:7
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, (Exodus 34:6 ESV) The Exodus quote shows that the characteristic in fifth Beatitude is a characteristic of God, one that he proclaimed about himself … Continue reading
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS – Matthew 5:6
The fourth Beatitude is Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied. (Matthew 5:6) Like the first Beatitude, a physical circumstance – one that few of us would want to be in – is … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Ethics, Matthew 5-7, The Sermon on the Mount
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BLESSED ARE THE MEEK Matthew 5:5
So far in the Beatitudes, there seems to be a progression of thought. The Poor in Spirit are those who recognize the paucity – the nonexistence – of their spiritual resources apart from God which leads to Mourning for their … Continue reading
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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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The Sermon on the Mount: an Introduction
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is recorded in Matthew 5-7. There is a retelling of it (or a likely second recorded occasion of Jesus preaching it) in Luke 6. Plus, it is an interesting study to find references to this … 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
Posted in Abraham, Biblical Studies, Culture/Society, Ethics, Flesh vs Faith, Genesis 12-14
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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
Posted in Biblical Studies, Culture/Society, Ethics, Flesh vs Faith, James 1:13-20
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