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Is the Message Still Relevant?
For 2000 years, since Jesus commanded his disciples to go spread the good news to all nations, Christian messengers, or missionaries, have traveled throughout the world spreading the message of hope and redemption. There are few people on the Earth … Continue reading
You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free
This is the gist of remarks I made before students and faculty at the spring 2017 Matriculation ceremony at Bacone College. Many years ago I was a student at a university on the East coast. This university had a large … Continue reading
Posted in books, Christianity
Tagged books, Christ, god, Jesus, New Testament, You Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Set You Free
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Blessed are the Poor?
In the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, as recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus taught his disciples as well as others what he considered to be the most important lessons by which to live. Matthew and Luke … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, God's Providence, Reflections on the Psalms
Tagged Blessed are the Poor, god, Jesus, Love, Poor, Sermon on the Mount
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The Sanctity of Life
In my last post, I discussed Just War. To continue… The key to solving the issue, the plague, of war, just or unjust, is for humans to adapt a culture of life. We are raised from infancy in a culture … Continue reading
Posted in books, Christianity, Reflections on the Psalms
Tagged Christianity, god, Jesus, Life, psalms
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The Seduction of Time
In Mark 8:33 of the New Testament, Jesus tells his disciple Peter, “Go behind me, Satan,” because Peter has suggested that Jesus was not going to suffer as the Son of Man. What does this verse tell us about Satan, about Jesus, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Reflections on the Psalms
Tagged Jesus, Love, Peter, psalms, Satan, Seduction, Temptation, Time
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Missionaries and Love
Missionaries and Love: There were many missionaries of many denominations who brought the Gospel to American Indians in the United States and Canada: Anglicans, Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, Moravians, Presybterians, and Baptists. They shared a similar interpretation of the compelling call … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Daniel Little, Great Commission, Jesus, Love, Missionaries
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