Ken Brown | January 31, 2010
I admit it. I’m 60 years old, and I look at things differently than I used to. I think more about what is really important and also about what is really NOT. It matters much more how I live than how long I live. As we get older, things come into a more seasoned perspective. Chapter 12 of Ecclesiastes, though addressed to youth, contains a profound description of old age, the futility of life without meaning, and the conclusion of the whole matter: the one most important thing in life.
Category: 01) By Ken Brown, Biblical Considerations Series |
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Tags: Bible, Bishop K. C. Pillai, Ecclesiastes 12, life without meaning, meaning of life, old age, Orientalisms, poetic expressions, The whole duty of man, vanity
Ken Brown | January 31, 2010
After Noah loaded up the ark, just as he was told, and went inside himself with his family, God did something: he shut them in (7.16). There they were, in a relatively small darkish place, not knowing what was going on outside, but having to shovel a lot of poop in the inside. This was not a punishment. In fact, it led to their salvation. This happens, my friend, to us today.
Category: 09) by Guest Authors, 22) More Biblical Considerations |
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Tags: Ark, Bible, Noah, punishment, salvation
Ken Brown | January 23, 2010
For those of you who have frequented Christian church services of almost any variety, you are familiar with the routine: “Let us pray the prayer the Lord taught us. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name….” The tiny little inconvenient detail is that our Lord Jesus Christ never taught us any such thing. He did not teach us to pray this prayer. This practice is contrary to what he taught.
Category: 01) By Ken Brown, Biblical Considerations Series |
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Tags: Bible, pray, Prayer, religion, the Lord's prayer, tradition, vain repetition
Ken Brown | January 16, 2010
In my article, “What is the Story with 1 John 1:9? (Part One),” I asserted that the meaning of the Greek word translated “fellowship” (koinonia) in the first chapter of 1 John, is more accurately communicated by the word “partnership.” I briefly gave some evidence for that assertion. The purpose of this offering is to provide further evidence.
Category: 01) By Ken Brown, The Gift of Righteousness Series |
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Tags: 1 John 1:9, 1-John, Bible, fellowship, koinonia, religion
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