Romans 2:13 Common English Bible (CEB) 13 It isn’t the ones who hear the Law who are righteous in God’s eyes. It is the ones who do what the Law says who will be treated as righteous. Romans 10:4 Common English Bible (CEB) 4 Christ is the goal of the Law, which leads to righteousness … Continue reading Law and Love
Without any actual understanding of epistemology, people are left with logically fallacious cognitive biases and heuristics (which are predominantly subconscious) to “decide” what is true or false, and what is good or bad. Worse still, such people often hypocritically pretend that their own view is the only correct one, and resort to force (whether social, … Continue reading The futility of “truth” without epistemological understanding
http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/24/redbelt-problem-solving/ I just read the above blog post, which inspired some thoughts of my own, for which I have written a blog post of my own: <quote>In the movie Redbelt, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mike Terry, a Jiu Jitsu instructor who will fight but will not compete. He will fight in a real fight if necessary, but he … Continue reading Love is the best solution to the problem of conflict
Christ is the cornerstone (also translated: headstone, top stone, capstone), and each individual Christian is a stone that contributes to the whole of God’s holy temple. This is the temple-building imagery found in the Old Testament in Zechariah chapter 4 (also, Psalm 118:22, Isaiah 28:16), which the New Testament writers referenced in many portions of … Continue reading Not by Might, nor by Power, but by the Spirit
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