Category: orthodox Christianity

• April 15, 2014

  Vulnerable, Sensitive and Emotional- The Challenge of Authenticity

  I have spent most of my life in denial- denying (or at least failing miserably at coping with) my emotions, never sharing any sort of sensitivity, and hiding my vulnerabilities at almost any cost. Part of this was a survival tactic. If I pretended as though nothing could penetrate my thick skin, then maybe it…
• February 11, 2014

  Isaiah 53:6- Broken Humanity, Missing Pieces, and Who Can Repay?

  A Beauchene skull.  Fascinating. I have a hard time taking the creation narrative in Genesis literally, (who is really getting down with talking snakes?)  For a long time I wanted to take it as allegory, but it is clearly taught as a literal event in Scripture.  Humanity wants to believe that humanity evolves and progresses, but the truth of the…
• January 30, 2014

  A Change of Perspective, the Suffering Servant, and Isaiah 53:3-5

  I’ve always struggled with the concept that somehow I’m “made in the image of God.”  Why would God look like someone like me?  Why would God put someone like me in a world where it seems I have no place?  I still wonder why God put me in so many places where I am so…
• May 15, 2013

  John 7:20-26 That They May All Be One

  (Jesus said:) “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have…
• May 8, 2013

  2 Timothy 4:1-8 Itching Ears and the Crown of Righteousness

    “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. For…
• April 26, 2013

  Hebrews 7:25 Jesus Christ of All Dominion

    “Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25 (NRSV) Currently I’m working on a further foray into Molinism and the Lutheran Confessions.  The Molinist approach to soteriology addresses the subjects of God’s sovereignty, omnipresence and omnipotence in a bit more…
• April 22, 2013

  Deuteronomy 32:35 The Lord Will Repay

  I was never much of a gamer, but Doom (the video game) is sort of cool- in an apocalyptic way. “Vengeance is mine, and recompense,     for the time when their foot shall slip; because the day of their calamity is at hand,     their doom comes swiftly.”- Deuteronomy 32:35 (NRSV) There is a saying, “Revenge…
• April 10, 2013

  Luke 12:4-7 The Sovereignty of God, and Hearing the Master’s Voice

  (Jesus said:) “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.  But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?…
• April 8, 2013

  Proverbs 28:14 The (Reverent) Fear of God, and a Heart of Flesh

  “Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is the man who reverently and worshipfully fears [the Lord] at all times [regardless of circumstances], but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.” Proverbs 28:14 (AMP) Fear is generally a negative concept for me, so as I was drawn to the second part of this…
• April 5, 2013

  Psalm 118:21-24 The Unlikely, Misfits, Runts, and the Stone the Builders Rejected

  I will confess, praise, and give thanks to You, for You have heard and answered me; and You have become my Salvation and Deliverer. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is from the Lord and is His doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which…