Individuality

Individuality

by | Feb 28, 2022 | bazaar, outlandish i., David, wise individualism, Familiarity; using what we know, Goliath, the Philistine champion, Healthy individuality, I Samuel 17:38 & 39, Individualism, Individuality, Reject a leader’s direction, Self-confidence, You being you

 “I can’t go in these” was a statement of individuality.  The shepherd boy of  Samuel 17:36-39 was about to face the Philistine giant Goliath in individual combat.  King Saul was trying to assist him toward victory by providing his own armor and...
Sitting Bull’s Atonement

Sitting Bull’s Atonement

by | Feb 23, 2022 | Asceticism, Atonement, Battle of the Little Big Horn 1876, Ecstatic frenzy as a means of communication, Self-atonement, Self-service salvation, Sitting Bull, Sioux Indian chief, Stealing other people’s land

Sitting Bull was the leader of the Hunkpapa, a division of the Sioux Indians. There were some Blackfeet and Cheyenne allied with him on the fateful day of June 25, 1876.  It would come to be known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn River and Custer’s Last...
Alive to God

Alive to God

by | Feb 18, 2022 | Alive to God, Briggs Meyer Personality Test, Classifications superseded by being alive to God, Gifts inventories, Loving God, Spiritual gifts related to love for God, Taylor Johnson Temperament Test, Tim LaHaye classification of personalities

Recently a new president was installed at our alma mater.  The local pastor who brought the charge to the new president said:  “The greatest gift I can bring to the people of my congregation is not administrative skill.  The greatest gift I can give to...
The Maturing of Judah

The Maturing of Judah

by | Feb 8, 2022 | Benjamin, youngest son of Jacob, Deception, Genesis 38 & 44, Hypocrisy, Judah immoral, Judah s-s., Radical action, Self-sacrificing, Tamar deceives Judah, Tamar takes hold, controversial action, Tamar takes r.a., Uncategorized

 In Genesis 38, Judah, the third oldest son of Jacob, comes off as self-righteous and hypocritical.  But by the time we get to Genesis 44, Judah has matured.  He is self-sacrificing, putting concern for his father above his own freedom.  What a...