Category: Faith
Psalm 90: A prayer of Moses the man of God — Such an apt title for the psalm that follows; this psalm seen from Moses perspective, during his years in Exodus echo loudly into our lives today. For Moses, a time of tension between the faithfulness of his God and the faithlessness of his own people. These words echo the conflict of emotions and the reality of struggles that believers face during this journey of life. May these words of Moses provide you comfort and peace as he reveals the humanity of life in light of a holy and righteous…
Reading: Amos 1:1 – 3:2 (Link) For the most part, I consider myself a fairly patient and tolerant person (I said, for the most part). However, there are times, I’m sure you’ve had also, where enough is enough and you just need to put your foot down. My siblings are a great example, “Go to sleep.” Half an hour later, the computer is still on, keys tapping away on MSN and Facebook, “I said, ‘Go to sleep.’” Another half an hour later, “I thought I told you to go to sleep!” By now my patience is wearing thin and I’ll…
Disclaimer: this article is written from the perspective of the Christian persuasion and does not seek to represent or critique the views of other religious/faith/spiritual perspectives. The author finds himself accountable only to the parties explicitly mentioned in this article. Student runs illegal locker-library with banned books. My friend posted this link earlier today and it’s really got me thinking about the issue of censorship, particularly, of the religious kind. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the rejection and censorship by the Church of various forms of media (books, articles, movies, etc) which portray the Church or its…
She stares you in the face. She looks deep into your eyes and says, “You know you want to do it.” She holds out her hand, inviting you to just give it a try. “Just once, that’s all I’m asking…” Her gaze is innocent, you’re almost convinced that it’s harmless. Just once, surely it couldn’t hurt. The more you look at her, the further you are drawn into her gaze. You turn your face away but entranced by her charm convinced that she couldn’t hurt a fly. Slowly, you are ensnared…slowly, drawn and tangled in her web…slowly, you realise the…
James 1:27 Religion has always been a hot topic, just bring it up with a group of people from diverse backgrounds and you’ll have an instant conversation, if not a heated argument between the fundamentalist believer and the so-called apathetic atheist. Yet, while ‘religion’ may not be the word of the day, there is defined for us an acceptable and one, I believe, would find very little to be argued against: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by…
