If you’re not familiar with what Jesus said about salt and light, here’s a paraphrase from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter five, the Sermon on the Mount: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will it be made salty again? It is then good for...
(you really are a kind person) Psalm 133 is a short yet profoundly meaningful passage that highlights the beauty of unity among God’s people. It begins with the well-known verse: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”(Psalm 133:1, KJV) ...
This short story has been on my kindle for over five years now. I picked it up when it first came out because I had been on a podcast with Miss Coll, and I wanted to support her work. I never got around to reading it, and I’m not sure why. I don’t really have an excuse,...
I just wanted to say that I’ve used Logos for decades and can’t live without it (well, I’d probably live, but you get the point). I’m a pastor and I wouldn’t even think about starting work on my weekly sermon or Bible Study without it. I can’t say enough about how much...
Thank you also for so much more. Whether I am reading the Bible at home, hearing a sermon, studying in Sunday School or Bible studies - I've grown to see and understand the Bible on many more levels - from the level of being better able to share with an inquiring person who knows ...
But they pay a price. The little church has installed big screens and the pastor no longer delivers a sermon designed to make you a better human being. His message is designed to allow todays' "Christians" to get in, get their worship out of the way with a few rock and roll tunes,...
eisegesis - personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas exegesis - an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to in...
What vivid metaphor did Edward use in his sermon? What does Gandhi's Satyagraha mean? Who is MLK Jr? Which philosophers or scientists influenced Freud? Explain Karl Marx's theories What is the motto of Guam? What is kung fu? Describe the language Hemingway uses in The Short Happy Life of...
At the pinnacle of his sermon the Bishop said of Jesus, “He didn’t sacrifice his life for himself, or anything he could get out of it, He did it for others, for the other, for the good and well being of others. That’s love.” ...
we had a great talk on praying with empathy. We discussed praying for people the way we would want someone to pray for us in that situation, to really picture what they are going through and how we would feel. It never would have occurred to me to bring those ideas up, but they came...