Epistemology and the Heart

              Knowing Truth is not a wholly intellectual exercise. Truth is hidden from those who hide it. In Matthew’s gospel, the chief priests and elders demanded that Jesus validate his authority for his ministerial acts. Jesus agreed to do so on one condition: They must tell him the source of John the Baptist’s authority.              

When the Tax Collector Looked Up

              Two men when up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The tax collector, knowing his sin, stood far back and would not lift up his eyes. But then he heard the Pharisee pray, “God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust,

Q

              Forgive me if I don’t get this exactly correct, but the basic outline of the Qanon phenomena, as I understand it, is: There is an anonymous person or persons within the intelligence community of the United States government who has been working with Donald Trump to overthrow the “Deep State” and the globalist cabal

Overcoming Fear

              Fear can be a friend, wisely holding us back from the precipice of disaster. Fear can be a foe, deceptively convincing us that obediently going forward is more dangerous and deadly than staying put. Fear tells us the options are retreat or ruin. Jacob had begun the journey to Egypt. He stopped in Beersheba.

You Meant but God Meant

Joseph leaned hard into, put the emphasis on the “God meant it for good,” part.

How to Know if You are a Fool

It isn’t an intellectual problem. You can’t measure wisdom with an IQ test…

God, Our Father

he stands in relationship to God as we do so that we might stand in relationship to God as he does. He calls God “God” so that we might call God “Father.”

Pax Romana

You can be at peace with God, or at peace with the world, but you can’t be at peace with both at the same time.

There Ain’t No Good Guys

Chapter thirty-four ends with a question left hanging unanswered and then the whole matter is dropped with God speaking again to Jacob in chapter thirty-five as if there is nothing to be salvaged from the wreckage of chapter thirty-four