All is because of him; nothing is because of me.
Humility and Justification in the Parable of the Tax Collector and Pharisee from Luke 18:9-14.
The Gospel of Luke tells of Jesus encountering crowds of people “who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt” (Lk. 18:9).[1] They were basically self-righteous, prideful, and oblivious to their own brokenness. They went about sizing up others as deplorable wretches ruining society. Those the self-righteous criticized were indeed sinners; … Continue reading Humility and Justification in the Parable of the Tax Collector and Pharisee from Luke 18:9-14.
Blaise Pascal Thoughts on the Greatness and Wretchedness of Man
Greatness and wretchedness…some have inferred man's wretchedness all the more because they have taken his greatness as a proof of it, and others have inferred his greatness with all the more force, because they have inferred it from his very wretchedness…. It is dangerous to make man see too clearly his equality with the brutes … Continue reading Blaise Pascal Thoughts on the Greatness and Wretchedness of Man
Are there Giants? Identifying the Nephilim in Genesis 6:4
Scriptures never tell of “giants” reaching fantastical heights like 25 to 30 ft. tall.
Understanding the Sons of God in Genesis 6
Genesis 6:1-4 illustrates the perilous consequences of the sons of God entering unequally yoked unions with the daughters of men, which resulted in the near total corruption of the primordial humans dwelling upon the Earth.
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