As you know, pasteurization is the process by which bad things — and good things too— in food (usually liquids, and especially milk and fruit juices) are destroyed. But what I call “pastorization” is pretty much the spiritual equivalent: some good may come of it, but something important in the Body of Christ dies too.
Many [...]
An age-old question is, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” It gets used for a wide variety of situations, but today I’d like to apply it to a particular verse mentioned in the last post: Rom. 5:12—
through this even-as through one human the sin into the world entered and through the sin the [...]
Today let’s take a look at a passage that for some reason many Christians seem unfamiliar with:
1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:
” ‘The parents eat sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
3 [...]
Do we really honor the victims of 9/11/01, and the soldiers who died since then? In honor of Patriot Day, I simply offer quotes about government, human nature, and history that deserve consideration. Most of these are from this site.
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything [...]
As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; [...]
At this blog an old, old list of male supremacist scripture twisting is repeated for the umpteenth time. But my focus this time is not on the list itself but the comments on this particular reincarnation of it.
At comment 10 begins some, shall we say, interesting claims. The first is a classic example of ad [...]
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