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by Andrea Graham © 2003-05 My writer’s block began about six months after I met Eli, though it wasn’t until several months after our wedding that I stepped off cloud nine and realized I hadn’t written anything besides love poetry in a year. I was happy, but that was the problem.This gnawed at me until Eli figured out my jealousy over his writing wasn’t just because of the time it consumed. He confronted me and we discussed it. My practical Eli focused on troubleshooting the issue. His solution was to begin a story for me to write as “a creative exercise to get the juicesRead More →

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Requirements: Mattew 10:34-38 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn `a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law– a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.” MarkRead More →

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There are several types of Fear: the Fear of the Lord, things we ought to be afraid of, and things we ought not to be afraid of. When we finish discussing these things, we will look at what you can do to overcome the Spirit of Fear in your life. I Fear of the LORD Deut 10:12-22 A. Fear God-means to respect and honor him, to realize and confess how awesome and holy and righteous God is and how insignificant and sinful and wretched we are without Christ in comparison to His glory. B. This Fear of the Lord is what drives us into theRead More →

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Gentle Readers, The Carnival is delayed due to a lack of sufficient numbers of suitable submissions. The deadline for submissions is now October 26. It will be posted on October 31st. Questions should be blog posts–either on professional blogging platforms or myspace and cousins–where the author is seeking advice from their readers.  Rhetorical questions answered in the course of the post belong in the answers category. Religion questions, such as would go in my Bible and Theology category, I would rather be sent as a regular email. Most give in to the temptation to pontificate and I’d rather not link to articles that contradict whatRead More →

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by Andrea J. Graham The question has been raised, in essence, “Is what Jesus teaches and does the same as what Paul taught?” This is asking if whether the two major sources for Christian ethics are telling the same story. My faith declaration is an automatic, “Well, of course!” But that isn’t enough for an academic paper, so I will have to prove my point. However, there are a few side issues that need to be dealt with first in order to understand the issue. First, the bible is either the infallible word of God, or it is just a collection of old stories writtenRead More →