By Parson Brown, on 11:46 am%
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…Because Jesus entered into this groaning and futile mess. It easily could all be meaningless. But He said no. I’m going to claim it. I’m going to redeem it. Jesus felt and experienced the full futility. Disciples who didn’t get it. Kinsmen who rejected him. Fellow Jews . . . → Read More: Futility and Hope
By Parson Brown, on 4:50 pm%
I’m a long time basketball fan, although I usually like the NCAA better than the NBA. But somewhere close is an image of LeBron James after the game 6 loss. The Miami Heat were put together with one idea in mind – glory. They were built to win. Yet they lost. . . . → Read More: Cross and Glory
By Parson Brown, on 10:54 am%
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day or Armistice Day for those who like history. In prepping for Thursday’s bible class I has read this article. The author’s source – the Homeric Epics – is remote from most people. My attempt at a translation didn’t hit the mark yesterday, but I’ll use it here. If . . . → Read More: Glory, Holiness, Duty and Other Archaic Concepts?
By Parson Brown, on 8:58 pm%
This link has a Sullivan reader giving his logic on why suffering should lead to atheism.
Here is the simple Christian answer. We have done something terribly wrong and its fouled up this entire existence. To our relative way of thinking our petty sins aren’t that bad. But to the absolute standard of holiness. . . . → Read More: Suffering & A “Good” God
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