Crazy Theological Thoughts

There is a direct connection between what you believe and how you act. Many people think they can act one way and believe something different. But all they do is show how committed they are to their belief. Many of us may believe it is good to eat healthy and exercise, but we don't do it. We don't do it because we don't believe we have to be healthy to survive. But when does behavior trump or become equal to belief? Most of the time yes, it goes the other way. Listen to what I say and not what I do. This is because we are sinners and fall short of the glory of God. God challenges us to be holy as he is holy. God gives us the perfect example in Jesus Christ. But we know that we are not going to live up to that example. So I have my short falls, and you have yours. But when does it become look at what I do, because that is what I say! or am supposed to say! The words in the liturgy speak more truth, than the source of that teaching. Long has the church argued about which is m...

There are many people that will tell me this statement is grammatically incorrect. It should be you couldn't care less, which at first thought makes a lot of sense. But after more thought, it is no longer declaring what I mean! Think of the general pain scale rating. Rate your level of care about something. 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 If you care 1 or 2 you can care less. If you care 8 or 9 you can care more. If you rate your level of care a 10, even ask yourself are there things that you care about more than said example. Similar to the pain scale, you are asked to rate your pain level 1-10, but if you have no pain it is a zero. Therefore, if my pain level is a 1 can I have less pain? Thus, to say "I couldn't care less" = "I don't care," because even if a care an "insignificant" amount I could still care less. If you rate your level of care a zero, that means you do not care at all. Any care level above zero means that you...

Lenski Commentary on Matthew 13 The Parable of the treasure, makes a turn from how the kingdom is bestowed and operates to "Now Jesus shows how [the kingdom] is acquired." In Conclusion Lenski writes, "We are to understand the imagery properly and must stop where it stops and not go beyond. Thus the buying of the pearl does not deprive another man of its use; for though the pearl is but 'one,' everyone of us is to buy it and to own it irrespective of others. There is nothing in this parable which corresponds to the field in the other, the Word being sufficiently illustrated there." Lenski places the man and the merchant as each individual Christian. Each of us is then to give of ourselves in order to buy the kingdom of heaven, or the treasures of salvation. "The Scriptures know of two extraordinary ways of buying: one is, without money or price, Isa. 55:1; Rev. 21:6; the other is to give up for the sake of the eternal treasures of God all that would pre...

Hello My Name is Single: How I learned to ignore the World’s Expectations and Trust God. By Adraine Dorr Heins Overall this book is an excellent overview of multiple types of single people, as well as their struggles. All singles, like all people, face different experiences and to think you will ever find the silver bullet you are mistaken. This book cannot address every situation, nor every individual struggle. I think it has addressed the majority of struggles, though certain ones it would seem with more depth and breadth. Adraine starts off in the introduction by explaining what the book is not. “You won’t find Cosmo ’s ‘Three Reasons Being Single Is So Fabulous’ in the following pages. You’re not going to hear tips on how to spiff up your online profile so that you’ll be more attractive to the opposite sex. You’re not even going to have to decide if you should call yourself ‘single,’ which implies an inherent aloneness, or ‘unmarried,’ which presumes that your last step to...

I know that it seems to be true, but Ihate the statement. "If the women of this church didn't do it, then it would never get done." I know that it is easy to say when it comes to handyman projects and church repairs this statement may fall short, but if the women didn't force the men to do it would it really get done. If the women did not complain about the roof, siding, sidewalks, leaky sink, etc., would the men really do it. This statement makes me made because the women shouldn't be doing anything in the church. Okay maybe that was poorly phrased. But men are meant to serve. They are made to give. They are to follow the example of Christ and give of themselves. They should be seeking out things to make better, fix, and do. Women should be graciously receiving these gifts and assistance. But no, men have become lazy, and when they pop into the kitchen to help, often times they are kicked out. When men try to do something the women naturally imply they did it wro...

In a resent newspaper article it has been reported that only 8 times in the New Testament is there any reference made toward Homosexuality. The fallacy of this individuals argument is not this statement, but the correlation of these to the many references with regard to the distribution or harm of wealth. The term ἀρσενοκοίτης only occurs twice in the New Testament, this word has the meaning of men sleeping with other men, or committing sexual acts of a perverse nature. One could easily argue that this does not always mean homosexual behavior, but at its root does express homosexual activity. Likewise the other references to homosexuality do not use a specific term, but a description of behavior, or action. St Paul, in Romans 1, does not use any specific term but rather in describing how God gives sinners over to their passions, or sexual urges. “For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nat...

I was recently told Jesus did not descend into Hell, because Hell is complete separation from God and eternal death. The terms Sheol and Hades may be synonymous in scripture, but do not mean Hell. When Jesus returns he will throw Hades, death, and the devil into Hell. So this should be good news, your brother didn't go to Hell when he died, he is only in Hades waiting to go to Hell. The creed says Jesus went into Hell. Amazingly, in the Greek Apostles creed it says,  κατελθόντα εἰς τὰ κατώτατα (descended into the lower place). The Latin says,  descendit ad ínfernos, (descended into Inferno). In the vulgate, ínfernos is used in place of both Sheol and Hades. Therefore, Jesus descended into Hades/Sheol/Hell! But there is a Heaven and Hell now, Hell is Hades the place of the dead and Heaven is the place of the living. When Jesus returns, there is the resurrection of the dead and the living dwell on the new earth or new creation and the unbelievers end up in Ete...