“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers…
This is part 4 of a series on the Greek word logos. I recommend you start at part 1. So far, we have looked at instances in the New Testament where logos refers to the mind of God made flesh, Jesus the Messiah. A second use of the word was to describe a reasoned argument…
This is part 3 of a series on the concept of logos. If you haven’t read part 1 or part 2, I recommend you read those first. We have taken a brief look at the concept of logos as the mind of God, and Jesus Christ as the embodiment of it. I find this to…
I hope you have taken some time to ponder part 1. (If you haven’t read that yet, I recommend that you start there.) That last line is supposed to get you thinking. You need to let it stew for a while to get the full benefit. This meal is definitely not take away. Sit down…
No one likes to be told that they have a kink in their think, we really don’t like the idea that we might be wrong. However, it should be obvious that we all have some ideas in our head that don’t align with the truth. We all strive to be like Christ, but we are…
I was recently on a long haul flight and since they had no movies that interested me I ended up browsing through the TV series they had available and eventually decided to watch the American pioneer series 1883. I must say that I found it so compelling that I managed to watch almost the entire…
The word has gone mad. Anyone with half a brain would have to agree. I thought it was bad that people would defend their right to murder their own children, but things have suddenly taken a major turn for the worse. In the space of a couple of years we have moved from the idea…
I have always read Ephesians 6, the bit about the armour of God, in a very defensive context: The enemy is attacking and if you want to survive this battle, you need to don the full armour of God as quickly as possible. We have a belt of truth, a breastplate of righteousness, sandals of the…
We are all familiar with some of the key verses in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The fruit of the spirit vs. the works of the flesh, being set free for freedom, not using our freedom to indulge our sinful nature and Paul’s well known exclamation: “You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you!” Traditionally these…
How we teach, understand and apply Scripture is fundamental to the Christian life. Many practices we see in the Christian church today are founded on really questionable interpretations of Scripture, and therefore do not bring us into the liberty Jesus calls us to, but bondage. Over the years, I have heard many different teachings on…