by admin | May 16, 2012 | A Monotonous Cycle, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I don’t know how public Solomon was with his discontent, but I doubt he kept his secrets any better than other politicians. Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion, he wrote in the end of Ecclesiastes. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is...
by admin | May 15, 2012 | A Monotonous Cycle, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I didn’t read the Old Testament much until I was a philosophical and legalistic young man fighting my way back from atheism. I had already decided to side with God, more or less. The more I read the Old Testament the more I hated the Israelites, stupid, rebellious...
by admin | May 13, 2012 | A Monotonous Cycle, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
When the people settled in the promised land of Israel, they were remarkably free of governmental control. They were responsible to God and his laws, corporately and individually. There was a priestly governance of sorts in place, responsible for the sacrificial...