The Renewed Mind Begins with Genuine Love: Romans 12:9. “Genuine love keeps on hating evil and continues to embrace good.” (Romans 12:9). St. Paul talks about the process of transformation in Romans 12:1-2, and how important mind-renewal is in that process. One could paraphrase Romans 12:1-2 this way: “Brothers and sisters in Christ, I beg …
Teachers, Who Do You Love? Quicksilver Messenger Service – Who Do You Love “When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” (John Ruskin, arti critic, around 1860). (1.) On the Pastoral Role of Teachers. Let’s turn the tables on the original meaning of this classic blues song by Bo Diddley (1956). After hundreds of variations over the …
Signs of Intelligent Life in Our Schools. “The person who loves shall alone be the person who knows. The one who loves well, will outstrip all the searchers in the knowledge of the very things that the intellect desires to understand… So it is better to love a little than to know everything.” (George MacDonald, Growth …
Our God is an Eternal Songbird Who Keeps Us Under His Wing. (1.) Before everything, When emptiness was waiting to be filled, and Nothingness was silent in the formless deep, The Spirit of God flutters over the thick eggshell of the watery abyss. A songbird hovering over her brood to come. God is waiting until …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – His Closing Lament in Matthew 23. “Woe unto you hypocritical Torah-teachers and Pharisees, you frauds and imposters!” In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – Woe #7. “Woe unto you hypocritical Torah-teachers and Pharisees, you frauds and imposters!” (Matthew 23). In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words must have been …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – Woe #6. “Woe unto you hypocritical Torah-teachers and Pharisees, you frauds and imposters!” (Matthew 23). In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words must have been …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – Woe #5. “Woe unto you hypocritical Torah-teachers and Pharisees, you frauds and imposters!” (Matthew 23). In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words must have been …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – Woe #4. “Woe unto you hypocritical Torah-teachers and Pharisees, you frauds and imposters!” (Matthew 23). In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words must have been …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – Woe #3. “Woe unto you hypocritical Torah-teachers and Pharisees, you frauds and imposters!” (Matthew 23). In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words must have been …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – Woe #2. “Woe unto you hypocritical Torah-teachers and Pharisees, frauds and pretenders!” (Matthew 23). In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words must have been …
Jesus Unloads His Seven Woes on the Pharisees and Us – Woe #1. “Woe to you hypocrites and Torah-teachers and Pharisees!” (Matthew 23). In Matthew 23, Jesus demonstrated the spiritual audacity of taking on the religious leaders of His day. To many of the listeners of His diatribe, His words must have been outrageous. But Jesus …