The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
Posted in Theology on Jul 24th, 2007
I read the following this morning in John 1:12-13 (RSV):
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
I’ve known of this passage for [...]
Posted in Politics on Jul 21st, 2007
As I was reading the Gospel for today, I thought of a comment I saw recently saying that Jesus was a Communist. This reading reminded me how different he really was.
Mt 12:14-21
The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus
to put him to death.
When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place.
Many people followed him, [...]