A Visual Commentary: 1 Corinthians 1:20-25

by Brad on January 26, 2012

Hope for a Hopeless World

Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.  For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. – 1 Corinthians 1:20-25

A Visual Commentary: James 4:13-16

by Brad on January 26, 2012

A Sobering Truth

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. – James 4:13-16

Being Judgmental

January 24, 2012

As a Christian, it is inevitable that you will be called judgmental for bringing up a particular Scripture or for quoting Jesus’ words in the middle of a discussion about sin, sinful habits or sinful lifestyles.  Though some accusations about being judgmental are warranted, particularly on the Internet as there is a healthy cabal of [...]

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Why Was the Bronze Serpent a Serpent?

January 21, 2012

On the surface, Numbers 21:4-9 is a very strange story.  The people of Israel complained (again and literally for the fourteenth time) and God again punished them.  Whereas before God had struck the people with a plague for their complaining or consumed some of them with fire, this time the Lord sent fiery serpents that [...]

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Does Jesus Hate Religion?

January 20, 2012

Does Jesus Hate Religion? There has been a lot of chatter on the Internet recently about reaction to a popular YouTube video that has attempted to make the point that Jesus hates religion. There has also been several quick and rapid responses about the validity of the video, whether it was a good idea to [...]

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John 3:16: The Greatest Verse as You’ve Never Seen it Before

January 18, 2012

John 3:16 is unquestionably the most popular verse in the Bible.  It is also a verse that has been hailed as the Bible’s greatest verse, which explains why we see it on signs in football stadiums, quoted by celebrities and memorized by millions of little children each year.  But in keeping with the general theme [...]

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Old Testament vs New Testament

January 15, 2012

Critics of the Bible argue that the Old and New Testaments are incompatible.  They contended that there is an Old Testament vs New Testament aspect to Christianity that is disjointed and that cannot be reconciled.  They also complain that Christians have forced-fit Jesus into the more than 300 Messianic prophecies found in the Old Testament [...]

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A Game of Cosmic Chess

January 12, 2012

I would describe the experience of the average religious person this way. Suppose a man sits down to play a game of chess for his soul. Call it a game of cosmic chess if you’d like. Now this man comes to the chess table of life with the idea that God has enabled him to [...]

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Creation Video

January 9, 2012

 It’s been many years since I’ve played with video. Hope you enjoy. Poem is by A.I. Tyke.

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Mark 10:1-12 Commentary & Analysis | Jesus’ Teaching on Divorce

December 6, 2011

Mark 10:1-12 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”  (emphasis mine) – Mark [...]

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