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On Fasting
Some thoughts on Fasting
Category:EssaysReads:209Uploaded:03 / 20 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionKenosis Love
With committing Himself to successive covenants with Israel, we see an unlimited God limiting Himself. With Abraham, with Moses, with David, the Lord makes these covenants to which He is bound to this people. The idea that a God who cannot be bound by anything in the entire universe (since He created it) would purposefully and humbly choose to be bound in such a way is pretty incredible. With this new covenant we find ourselves in, this same Lord chooses to limit Himself even more, completely em
Category:EssaysReads:210Uploaded:03 / 20 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionMagnanimity and Pride
Some thoughts on dealing with the tension between doing great things for God without feeding my own pride.
Category:EssaysReads:169Uploaded:03 / 20 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionExulting in Monotony
In reading Ephesians chapter 1, I was struck this time by the style of Paul, the author, who writes with such passion and excitement that he often goes off on tangents while proving his points. In the midst of making a point to the people of Ephesus, he starts trailing off, exulting in what the Lord has done through Jesus Christ who has risen from the dead and is now exalted above all. A friend of mine once called this kind of rambling "praise vomit." In reading this and trying to get a feel for
Category:EssaysReads:177Uploaded:03 / 20 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionLay Your Weapons Down
What does it look like to fight in a battle that s already won? This thought has been bustling around in my mind recently, and I'd like to try to unpack it in a specific way, if you don't mind. Feel free to join me. In this battle, we do have a real Enemy, but I think we as Christians have the tendency to confuse the Enemy with those that we are trying to love and see reconciled to God. We have the tendency to direct our fighting against people or groups or ideologies, creating this culture of s
Category:EssaysReads:309Uploaded:09 / 28 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionThe Greatest Commandment and the Good Samaritan
In the Gospel of Luke the Greatest Commandments are given, not by Jesus, but by a teacher of the law who desired assurance of the way to eternal life. His answer, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." is affirmed by Jesus as the way to eternal life. But even with this affirmation, the lawyer wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus then
Category:EssaysReads:210Uploaded:09 / 24 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionPsalm 27:1 Meditation
"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1 This verse has been my anthem the past week or so. It began when a brother told me that during a time of prayer over me, this was the psalm that came to his mind for me. I've been meditating and praying on it since then, and the impact of what it means still hasn't fully been revealed to me yet, I don't think. But I pray you are blessed by this meditation, as I
Category:EssaysReads:466Uploaded:09 / 24 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionJustice
A while back, there was an article in the local paper written by a reporter who got to witness the execution of a man in Utah who was convicted of two murders. Apparently, it was the first execution by firing squad in Utah (the only state that still permits such a method) since 1996, which was made it a news-worthy event. Perhaps you heard about it²the media certainly enjoyed the occasion. The reporter chronicled the final moments of this man, who had no final words, and how the bullets ripped t
Category:EssaysReads:284Uploaded:08 / 12 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionGod and Time
A paper done for a Philosophy of Religion class, Spring 2010, that explores the nature of God in relation to time. In this paper, I support the theory that God is atemporal, or outside of time.
Category:Essays & ThesesReads:409Uploaded:08 / 03 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionReview of Peter Brown's The Cult of the Saints
A book review of Peter Brown's The Cult of the Saints, done for an Early Christianity class in Fall 2009. In the modern world, there are many misconceptions about the veneration of the saints, and Brown does a great job of taking us back to the roots of the movement in late antiquity.
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