in god’s image

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image (tseh’-lem), after our likeness (dem-ooth’). tseh’-lem from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol:–image, vain shew. dem-ooth’ from ‘damah’ (1819); resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like:–fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude. i, […]

dead birds at work

so there’s this dead bird in the bathroom at work: it reminded me today of the story of the raven, which tricky once told me How Raven Helped the Ancient People Long ago, near the beginning of the world, Gray Eagle was the guardian of the sun and moon and stars, of fresh water and […]

you and i both

when it comes right down to it people will fail you they’re not to be trusted with important things they will drop and break them they are thoughtless and careless they might ask forgiveness, but they’ll do it again people will ask you to take chances on them even though chances are the last thing […]

freedom and god’s omniscience

there are those (and i’m not giving my hand away — i’m playing the advocate for which ever seems fun at the time) who hold that it does, however. let’s take and omniscient god’s point of view, from outside of time. let us suppose that a certain rubber duck with horns is born, and lives […]

dealing with “weaker brothers”

first off: i like the ESV. bad NIV translation has spawned the phrase “weaker brother”, which implies that the person must be somehow “under” you, by the -er suffix. the phrase, though, is simply “one who is weak in faith” — regardless of how they’re faith “stacks up” to yours. anyway, on with the scripture: […]

patriotism

patriotism, as most people understand it (regardless of what the dictionary says it “means”) is, in my opinion, not a stance a follower of jesus can take. it means, at its most basic, that one is aligning himself with an agency on earth, rather than with god’s kingdom, where jesus instructs his followers to make […]