While studying Colossians, I had noticed the constant interplay of language which allowed someone who reads into the text to apply specific labels to the passages as they see fit. I decided to do that with the following definitions:
Month: October 2009
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Christian Carnival 299 is UP
Christian Carnival 299 is up at The Minority Thinker. My post on the Covenant of Works is on there.
A couple of posts that stood out were
- Dawn Xian’s post on Art and Craft
- Jeremy Pierce’s Post on Puddleglum’s Wager
Past carnivals can be found here on the Bible Archive.
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Prayer Mondays: Licinius
Barring my faulty memory (and if I’m not lazy) I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. This one comes from Licinius via Lactantius.
Supreme God, we beseech Thee; Holy God, we beseech Thee; unto Thee we commend all right; unto Thee we commend our safety; unto Thee we commend our empire.
By Thee we live, by Thee we are victorious and happy. Supreme Holy God, hear our prayers; to Thee we stretch forth our arms.
Hear, Holy Supreme God.
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Analysis of A Lie
I had posted a version of this a while back as part of my Genesis series, but I wanted to re-post it here (since it comes up often enough) just from the view to examining Satan’s lies. I personally don’t think the Devil can read our thoughts, but I think he’s subtle enough that he doesn’t have to. The Serpent in Genesis 3 is introduced as being craftier than any beast of the field which the Ruling Lord Creator God had made. This is an important textual point notifying the reader to attention; ensuring that the reader examines the subtleties of the text.