Time for a frustrated rant. Feel free to disagree and/or be offended. I grow weary at the compulsion i see to “christianize” or “make christian” things which are actually just fine the way they are. In past days i’ve seen posts of someone who has written “christian” lyrics to the song Hallelujah and i’m supposedly going to get chills when i hear it. I saw another post of a church putting on a “christian” version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol using angels instead of ghosts and having a gospel message. Here is my problem with this: things do NOT have […]
Christmas
Since there is no Adult CE at church until after the first of the year, i thought i’d address the issue of Christmas. I greatly enjoy Christmas. The celebration of Christ’s birth is miraculous and a joy to celebrate, as is the time spent with family and friends and the memories that go with the celebration. However, I tire of my Christian friends who partake in combating their perception of a War on Christmas. I celebrate Christmas because I am a Christian. I do not expect anyone who is not a Christian to share my beliefs nor my celebration. I […]
Epistles of John – Week 26 – 1 John 2:7-11
I’m very frustrated. I did record the class this week, but the recording contained nothing but noise. I may have to shell out for a better recording app. This is the last lesson for 2016. We will resume our class in January of 2017 and hopefully by then i will have a more reliable recording app. This week the notes are very thorough and appear below. This week we look at 1 John 2:7-11 This post contains everything from week 26 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the […]