Archive for the ‘Jesus’ Category
Monday, October 16th, 2006
It seems that there are many misconceptions about non-violence. Opponents and those who dismiss it outright tend to gravitate toward scenarios where it would seem to be impossible to not retaliate in a physical manner.
Often the questions focus on how it can't be done rather than on how to ...
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
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Part Three
There is nothing in the life of Christ that support or proclaims violence as a legitimate end. His life, teaching and example was about another way. A way that rejects violence and passivity.
A way that embraces effecting positive change through the turned cheek, the second ...
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
A little over 14 years ago now, I loaded up my small little white house that sat along interstate 30 in Benton, Arkansas and prepared to move to Tennessee.
Lebanon, that is.
In my 24 years that 6 months stretch of time in that Jim Walter house. was the longest I had ...
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Monday, October 9th, 2006
Jesus lived a consistent life. His actions and His words match up all the way down the line. And that's a good thing.
If His actions deviated at any point from His words, then He would relinquish His diety.
And He would be a hypocrite.
That's why there are ...
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Part of the problem with this discussion is due to our proclivity to jump ahead in the story. To proceed in a systematic order we have to determine the best place to start.
With the guidelines firmly in place (and I am thankful for the civil discourse thus far) it ...
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Last night, Tracy and I had an insurance agent come by our house. Out of respect and deference I will not name the company. Now, the last thing in the world that I want to happen at 8:00 on a Tuesday night is to have to talk to ...
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
I'm not a pacifist. At least in the sense that it is a definable position for me. I do, however, subscribe to what I believe is the very Christian idea of non-violence. What I mean by that is that I do not believe that my commitment ...
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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
From Luke 5:27:32. It starts a few seconds into my reading the text.
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
I love history. From time to time I will go to the library and pick out a retelling of some historical event. I have a very simple method to separating good historical works from bad ones:
If I'm able to read it with the possibility that the outcome might ...
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Sunday, September 24th, 2006
The gospel of Mark teaches us that Jesus was human. What does Jesus teach us about being human? Click the link and find out.
http://sfreeman.podOmatic.com/entry/2006-09-24T14_07_13-07_00
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