I think it’s time we processed David’s (the Old Testament King and hero) life a tad more contextually and precisely. I have, as of late, listened to several expositions of David’s life and example and it has left me frustrated and frankly, concerned. This processing started recently as my wife and I were getting ready for the day in our bathroom and the conversation started about David being “a man after God’s heart”. My wife, being the biblically astute woman that she is, began to ask me a series of questions concerning that assertion as it was being applied to the entire whole of David’s life. Her questions were rhetorical, as she had read the biblical accounts on many occasions, but she was bouncing some thoughts off of me for another perspective.
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Canceling the Cross and the Fire of the Holy Spirit
The insignia attached to this commentary is the logo for the United Methodist Church. The UMC is a notable, mainline denominational church with a long heritage tracing back to the Oxford “Holy Club” of the 18th century (1729) made famous by John and Charles Wesley along with friend, George Whitefield. They were originally called, “Methodists” as a term (more or less) of derision. These men met for prayer, Bible study, and pious discipline so regularly that their devotion was deemed “methodical”. Hence, the epithet, Methodists. Of course, through the centuries the aspersions evaporated and the title became one of notoriety. It was Wesley who wrote…
A Laymen’s GUIDE TO Understanding Critical Race Theory
I’m sure you’ve been reading and listening to a number of people referring to Critical Race Theory. Obviously, there are far more detailed and scholarly articles out there but allow me a small attempt at getting this page up to speed. CRT, at its core teaches… (Disclaimer: I do not embrace CRT)
Cherry-Picking History
I am writing rapidly at this moment as I have many thoughts which are finally bubbling up out of my brain and need to get out. I hope it makes sense…
The nationwide assault that we are watching on memorials, statues, and symbols of country (even threatening to leap over to religious symbols) are becoming more frequent but also more nonsensical. There is a battle raging today over the place of history and how we should view it as a culture. Currently, whether it be driven by a Marxist agenda from revisionists, cultural anarchists driven by politics, or the attempt at empathy from numerous Christian leaders driven by the need for cultural acceptance; history has landed on hard times.
My Two Cents in a Painful Time
When I was young and traveling long distance by car with my parents, long before the advent of iPhones, I was consigned to passing the time away by doing crossword puzzles or what then was called, “connect the dots”. A connect the dot sheet was simple. A page of seemingly random and haphazardly numbered dots was supplied. You would draw a straight line from a numbered dot to another dot in numerical order and once completed you would have created the full picture. There was a certain mystery to what you were drawing until the final dots were connected in the order prescribed. If you skipped numbers or tried to detour the numerical sequence the final picture would of course be marred and confused. It was crucial that you connected the dots in order to get the appropriate final picture.