Tag: jesus
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My Favorite Economic System
I’m sure some of you thought I was crazy when I posted last week that I think capitalism, socialism and communism are all fine economic systems, depending upon the moral fabric of the people engaged in them. Some of you think capitalism is the only way. Others think it is the ruin of the world.…
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Now I get it!
When I would read the Bible passage about leaving the weeds in the field with the good grain, I have to admit that I kind of wondered about it. The explanation given is that if the weeds are pulled up, the wheat amongst which the weeds are growing may also be uprooted. (See the Bible…
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Only by the Grace of God
The older I get the more amazed I am at all of the good things that happen around me. I know how lazy and evil I can be. And I know how just plain inept I am, even when I am trying my best. And I was voted, “Most Likely to Succeed,” by my high…
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Meek?
I just recently heard meekness defined as: strength under control In spite of years of Bible studies on the Sermon on the Mount I never understood what it meant to be meek. Did it mean to be a doormat? a person without an opinion? How could such people “inherit the earth?” I mean, I know…