Those of us over 60 remember automobile engines that one could actually service. Changing spark plugs, adjusting timing, even spraying something-or-other into the carburetor-thingy (I was the helper, not the home mechanic!). Despite these jobs starting right after dinner, when projects took longer than planned, my job was to hold the flashlight as the sun…
Read moreWe are not commanded to forgive everyone
You’ve heard ‘turn the other cheek’ and all that. So, does a good Christian (as if the term Christian needs a modifier, especially the word “good” since Jesus says “No one is good—except God alone” (Mark 10:18) but I digress. Where was I? Oh yes,) So, does a good Christian forgive those who wrong them?…
Read moreThank Joseph for the enslavement of the Jews
We all know the history of Moses freeing the Jews from Pharaoh’s evil enslavement. But did you ever wonder how they came to be slaves in the first place? Genesis 47 catalogs the spiral the Jews experienced during the seven years of famine of which Joseph (not Mary’s husband, Joseph of the coat-of-many colors fame)…
Read moreMoses had a Second Set of Tablets
No, I’m not referring to the very funny scene in “The History of the World – Part one” where Mel Brooks, dressed as Moses, drops one of three tablets he is holding as he proclaims, “The Lord has given unto you, these fifteen (breaks tablet) … Ten! Ten Commandments for all to obey.” The commandments…
Read moreEveryone will be Resurrected
If you are like me, you may have conflated the terms and concepts “resurrection” and “salvation.” As children we are taught good people who die go to heaven. Bad people either remain dead, exist in a state of nothingness (eternally separated from God?), or go to “h-e-double-toothpicks.” (Like I said, when we were kids…) The…
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