Posts tagged with: Idolatry

What Faith Produces, #5: What Holds Back Our Hands? (Generosity, Part 2)

Give generously, and do not let your heart be grieved when you give, because for this act the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your endeavors. Deuteronomy 15:10 Some years ago, Harold Bloom, one of the world’s preeminent literary scholars, authored a mammoth study of Williams Shakespeare’s plays...... Read More

Faith’s Freedoms: From Fantasy to Reality, Part 4. The Fatal Exercise of Comparison

This is what the Lord says: “The wise should not boast in their wisdom, the powerful in their power, or the rich in their riches. Let anyone who desires to boast boast in this: that they know me and understand that I am the Lord who reveals steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth,...... Read More

Faith’s Freedoms 2: Getting off the Money-Go-Round

 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free (Galatians 5:1). For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who, though he was rich, became poor for our sakes so that we might become rich in him (2 Cor. 8:9). (The first in a series on freedom from avarice and greed to...... Read More

Faith: Off the Throne and onto the Altar

Abraham believed God, and this was credited to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6). It is impossible to please God without faith (Hebrews 11:6). I would say that I experienced a blessed childhood. I had good parents, a stable family environment, lots of friends in the neighborhood and at school, no real fears to assail me....... Read More