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Thinking Through the Death of the Amoral
One of the reasons why I love having a class on ethics is that the rabbit trails are so interesting and necessary for Christians to discuss and come to an intelligent and pastoral conclusion about. One such was the death of the amoral. In this post, I want to think through this very delicate issue because anyone who is going to be in ministry will have to deal with these instances and had better be able to pastorally engage hurting families at funerals. Read more
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The Newest Imler
Henry Reed Imler
3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children of one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. [Psalm 127:3-5 ESV]
It is my prayer that they will be like the parents in Deuteronomy 6 who teach their children to walk in the law of the Lord and that they will be the parents that Paul talks about in Ephesians 6:4, resting upon the Spirit to train up their children in the dicipline and intruction of the Lord.
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Then I Guess I Am Pt. 2
I am moving on in my musings on family. This post will focus more on the text of Ephesians 5, specifically that of the husband since that applies most directly to me. In this post I am just going to focus on some observations that will set up what I will say in my next post.
Before I get to these observations I want to make some opening statements. A lot of what I have to say in this series came after long and hard thinking during my mornings at UPS. But by that I mean how I want to put it down in writing, not my beliefs on these issues. My convictions have come after much meditation and study. They haven’t been carelessly formed. I must express my thanks to my fellow blogger at MassTheology for his series on Egalitarianism for getting me to challenge the traditions that were passed on to me and develop my own understanding of the roles of men and women in the church, specifically family. Also, I am going to ask some questions of Egalitarians but I am in no way demanding they answer these questions. Rather I am asking and am open to any and all answers. If an egalitarian feels compelled then comment, but do not feel forced to answer. This is just me putting my thoughts down for all to read. That said let me get to Ephesians 5:15-33. Read more
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Then I Guess I Am Pt. 1
It is amazing what will go through a person’s mind when s/he works for UPS. Imagine 5 hours of extremely repetitive motion consisting of sort four to six packages; look at the label that says what package car the package belongs and where on the car it goes; re-write the truck ID and shelf number on the packages. Then take packages out of the cage and place them on the correct trucks with the scanning label facing a certain direction that makes it easy for the driver to find while keeping what has just been written on the package facing the aisle of the truck for easy reference. Really repetitive but it allows for eight hours of work to be done in five. Seriously it does. But this becomes so routine that the mind can wonder to places. I have written up entire sermons/Sunday school lessons here. I have practiced Greek and Hebrew here. This past week I have planned out what I am going to get my soon-to-turn-ten year old sister for her birthday at the end of the year in December.
What is even more weird was that about a month ago, I thought through how I would propose to a girl that the Lord had led me to wed. Right now Jesus has not seen fit for me to even be in a courting relationship so I don’t know why I was thinking about this. Honestly, some days I’d like to skip the whole wedding and engagement and go straight to being a daddy. Lightsaber fights and comic books with the boys and/or tea parties and shopping with my little girls–I’d even play dolls or watch some rediculous TV that I don’t have to watch as a brother. I actually look forward to that some days. But last month it was how to propose. Not going to spill the beans on that because I wouldn’t want the archives to come back and bite me. Read more
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