The compliment was more telling than the question. The young man asked, Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? Since he was a boy he had worked so hard to follow all the rules. He did everything he was supposed to do. After a lifetime of such great performance, if ever there […] …
Tag: Idolatry
The life of virtue is one in which a person is able to evaluate and order values in accordance with their true worth. It’s about priorities. For many things in life, priorities are a subjective thing, but how does one determine true worth? What is the standard? Everyone has a standard that they use to […] …
Of all the parts of the Christian life the one that I probably have the most shortcomings with is prayer. This is no small tragedy as prayer is one of the greatest gifts from God. My problem is in concentrating when I pray. So many times I go before The Lord in prayer and the […] …
When I was a teenager I once asked my grandmother if saying G**D*** was really all that bad. My simple minded reasoning went something like this: Saying G**D*** is not bad because you’re not damning God. You’re really only telling him to damn someone or something. My grandmother replied, Don’t tell God what to do! […] …
The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 1:25: because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. It’s not a question of Religion or no religion? It’s a question of Which religion? Using insight from Romans, Peter Jones effectively shows […] …