The Only Free Man This series of posts began several months ago as a look at sin and causation. It started as one post and morphed into several, and I somehow don’t feel much closer to the end now than I did at the outset. This is that big of a topic. I amContinue reading “The Only Free Man (Final Post)”
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Hole-y
In a sermon recently, the Beatitudes were described as a counter-response to the sayings of some of the Rabbis of Jesus’ day who would stand up and begin with lines like, “Blessed are the holy, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Imagine, if you will, that Jesus answered them like this: And Jesus addressedContinue reading “Hole-y”
In the Garden…
I heard a sermon not too long ago, one that stands in fine tradition alongside many similar sermons, in which the pastor went to considerable length to describe the agony of Jesus’ experience on the cross. There were details concerning all the inhumanities the Lord suffered as he hung there, his body slowly failing. HadContinue reading “In the Garden…”
Casual Conjecture 