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  • In a previous post I said that I felt uncomfortable with the “Jesus Gets Us” commercial form the Super Bowl. Sence then I came across this video. It was titled “The commercial that should have been at the Super Bowl.” To which I say AMEN AND AMEN!!!

  • Jesus is King

    Recently my Bible class at church attempted a chronological study of the life of Christ. By that I mean they are trying to take the events listed in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and as best could be surmised placing them in the historic order they happened. (I have a feeling this is a response…

  • Albert Einstein hated Quantum Mechanics. He didn’t mind the field of study, but he felt the methods were lacking since a probabilistic model was used, and he believed only deterministic models could and should express nature. It was because of his dislike of Quantum Mechanics probability model he gave his famous statement, “God does not…

  • Christians in Name Only

    I’ve been watching the television show Fargo for the last few weeks. I thoroughly enjoyed the previous seasons with all the quirky characters and unusual stories. I was really looking forward to this season since it was starring Juno Templeton and I’ve become a fan after seeing her in Ted Lasso.  But I have to…

  • Jesus Get’s Us

    I was watching Melissa Dougherty’s YouTube video on the “Jesus Gets Us” campaign. She was rather scathing in her analysis, and I have to admit I was a little uneasy about those ads shown during Super Bowl LVIII. I had the feeling that the ads were just off, but I hadn’t yet found the explanation…

  • Life and Words

    There is a tendency by many in the West to judge Islam by the life of Mohammad rather than the words he gave in the Koran.  Finally, someone asked, “Should we listen only to his words ignoring his weaknesses and foibles, or allow only his actions to speak?” The answer, like so many things, is…

  • A Fourth Passage On Sin

    In the last post I mentioned three passages about our struggles with sin. There is a fourth passage we should also consider. It’s Matthew 12:43. This is the parable where Jesus tells how when a demon leaves it will wander in the waterless places and after a while will return to find his old house…

  • Three Passages

    Studying the Bible, we can often find distinct stand-alone passages that can be seen as interconnected. Each valuable in their own right but when forged together like different metals form a new and stronger alloy. Like carbon and iron making steel, or tin and copper making bronze. There are three passages I find that fit…

  • Old Wine Is Better

    The parable from Matthew 9:16-17 about using new material to patch an old garment and putting new wine in old wine skins always confused me. It was explained to me that Jesus was telling the Pharisees that he was here to bring forth a new way and that it was incompatible with their old ways.…

  • Winning is the Only Thing

    With this being the middle of the NFL playoffs, I thought it may be good to consider something from one of the greatest coaches in the history of football, and a genius when it came to motivating players. Vince Lombardi made the statement that “winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing!”  He regretted ever saying…

  • As I said in my last post, I’ve was reading the Sermon on the Mount using the interlinear Greek available on BibleHub.com, and there were a few of the Beatitudes that seeing them in the Greek made me think. In this case the fourth one, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for…

  • I have been reading the Beatitudes with biblehub.com’s Greek interlinear and I’ve noticed that English grammar and syntax are very different from Greek. This difference can give a whole new perspective. This is especially true for the sixth Beatitude. The English version of Beatitude says, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see…