Archive for February 2023
Life or Death? Choose One!
In one of the Scripture passages referred to in the Revised Common Lectionary for February 12, 2023, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, (please see here) God, through Moses, offers the Israelites (who were a foreshadow and precursor of the Church) two distinct things, two very identifiable things. God offers the Israelites (and the Church by extension) life or…
Read MoreA Wisdom “secret and hidden”
In 1 Corinthians, Chapter 2:6-8 , Paul shared with the Corinthians (and with us by extension) what he described as a wisdom from God – a wisdom “secret and hidden.” It was a wisdom that Paul declared was “not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish.” Again, Paul…
Read MoreMaker Of All Things? Some Say No!
Recently I have engaged in a couple of discussions/debates regards the origin of evil. Yes, evil, that spiritual state that “appears” to be in conflict with the plans and ways of God. The discussions centered primarily on the originator of evil, who was (or is) the author, so to speak, of evil. One can imagine…
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