During our Sunday School discussion today, someone remarked that they’d been sitting there, listening to people who had “all this knowledge about the scriptures”, which she didn’t, but thinking to herself that at least she was a “woman of action”. It was a little bit funny, because the teacher had been saying that Judaism is … Continue reading A person of action…
Luke 6:20 – 38 I like Luke’s account of the “Sermon on the Mount” (which he says actually occurred on a plain). There’s less in it, but sometimes it makes easier sense and is just a little simpler. Here’s a sort of expanded version of the Beatitudes, especially as Luke shares them (which is a … Continue reading Poor, hungry, and rejected: the Sermon on the Mount-Plain (Luke 6 version)
For since the world, with its wisdom, could not know God in the wisdom of God, it pleased the Lord to save the believers by the “foolishness” of preaching. 1 Cor. 1:21 All the wisdom of the world hasn’t brought the world (at large) to know God; to know what or who He is. After … Continue reading Wisdom and Foolishness
Peaceable Treasures 