Category: Christianity, Religion, Theology

A CARMEL WITH A CARGO: Talking the Impossibilities.

When the rich young ruler walked away from Jesus downward to his wealth, Jesus compared the salvation of rich men to taking a Camel through the needle’s eye. The language here is very hyperbolic but all in all, Jesus wanted to make one point here. It is really impossible to convince us human beings that … Continue reading A CARMEL WITH A CARGO: Talking the Impossibilities. →

HE DESERVES DEATH! (Mathew 26:66)

On the first day teaching his class for 250 college freshmen, R. C. Sproul carefully explained the assignment of three term papers. Each paper was due on the last day of September, October, and November. Sproul clearly stated there would be no extensions (except for medical reasons). At the end of September, 225 students dutifully … Continue reading HE DESERVES DEATH! (Mathew 26:66) →

SEEING GOD NOT ONLY IN YOUR HURTS

QUESTION: Doesn't God have any other way to speak to us or to answer us except through problems? RESPONSE: Yes, God actually speaks to us 80% before and outside problems and 20% in our problems. (my statistics). The difference is that we tend to understand (comprehend) more and clarity comes to us more when we … Continue reading SEEING GOD NOT ONLY IN YOUR HURTS →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-B)

Theological Bites The Three intertwined Loves In the Bible there three interweaved loves. These are loves knotted together and where the quality of one tells the relationship it has with the other two. These loves are mentioned by God himself in the New Testament (Mathew 22:36-39) and these are: Love to God Love to Self … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-B) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-A)

Theological Bites The Song of Songs in the Bible is evidence enough that God is behind our romantic feelings and he has designed us with those feelings. How to Interpret Many scholars in the past have come up with ways of interpreting the book and I know of 8 views of the book by different … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-A) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part III)

Theological Bites The theology of the book of songs is one that should be appreciated from the angle of human sexual love. A theology that can only be understood by evaluating the sexual relationship between a man and a woman. I emphasize ‘between a man and a woman’ because we are in a fallen and … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part III) →

THE THREE OFFICIALISED SEXUAL SINS ADDRESSED IN GENESIS

CELIBACY Amidst what was ALL GOOD pre-sinning (Genesis chapters 1-2), there was an IT IS NOT GOOD (Genesis 2:18). And what wasn't good was for man to be alone, without a suitable companion. God made Adam one, and God made EVE not STEVE (Genesis 2:22-23) therefore the loneliness that is not good was rectified by … Continue reading THE THREE OFFICIALISED SEXUAL SINS ADDRESSED IN GENESIS →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part II)

Canonicity Since the canonicity of this book has been largely contested because of its content, allow me to dwell a little bit here on the subject of Bible Canon. To put these matters in perspective, especially the issue of Song of Songs canonicity, we need to address two issues here: the first is what the … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part II) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part I)

Notice We are still in the Old Testament section of wisdom writings (Ketuvim) and we now turn to the Song of Songs. This is a book about nothing else but Love. Not love as an abstract idea but love as a practice of life. In this book, I will say all I know about love … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part I) →