“Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made it His own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind me and straining […]
“So Ahab sent to all the Israelites, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elijah then came near to all the people, and said, ‘How long will you go on limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but Baal, then follow him.’” ~ I Kings 18.20-21, New Revised Standard Version […]
Do we know for certain what of ourselves can be attributed to race? What is distinctly racial about us as human beings? What is human about being a member of a race? Is our humanity defined by our race? And are we moreso racial beings than human beings as there are descriptions of socially colored […]
“Our little systems have their day and cease to be. They are but fleeting certainties.” ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson I graduated from seminary in May of 2006 and since then, my concept of the Church according to Protestantism in America, my understanding of its work, my view of its members, the demands of discipleship […]
“A ruler asked Him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ ‘Why do you call me good?’ Jesus asked him. ‘No one is good but One–God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honor your father and mother.’ ‘I have […]