Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
I ran across a passage in John 7 that reminded me of current day propagandizing schemes designed by powerful people to hold on to their power. We’ve looked at how propagandists lie with impunity, question our intelligence, and speak to us with condescension and cursing. They traffic in conspiracies and wives tales––not to mention the …
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We’re talking about the incident in which the Jewish moralists sicked the temple guards on Jesus to bring him back to face trial. When they came back empty-handed, the things the leaders spoke to their minions was representative of propagandists protecting their privilege of all times (including ours!). I would have otherwise called these tactics …
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In my devotional reading of the story of the chief priests and the Pharisees sending temple guards to arrest Jesus I felt like I was reading today’s news. When the arresting officers came back empty handed the great spiritual experts (only in their own eyes) want to know why. I encourage you to read the …
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Labels are too small to explain any person. Each divine image-bearing human is bigger than any one label can contain. Keeping others small makes the labeler feel large. Life is too nuanced for any creatively constructed human to fit tidily into a prefab, hard-and-fast classification. Anyone who believes that marriage should only be between a …
"The meek inherit the earth." The meek live as though they possess nothing and are therefore the most likely candidates to inherit everything. They don’t conquer or take over the earth, instead they “inherit” it from their Father who knows that these are the kind of people he can trust with his planet. Scott Bessenecker …
