Tag Archives: Followers

June 26, 2008

Quote of the Day: John 18:36– also tagged Christians, Earth, Governments, Jesus, Jewish Leaders, Kingdom Of God, Quote Of The Day

John 18:38:
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”
Two things come to mind as questions to think about:

What does this mean for Christians and governments?
Is the kingdom of [...]

April 2, 2008

Relinquishment of Dominance as a Requirement for Citizenship in the Kingdom of God– also tagged Citizenship, Dominance, Friends, Great Men, Hierarchy, Household, Innocence, Jesus, Kingdom Of God, Members, Naivete, People, Phrase, Posistion, Powerlessness, Relinquishment, Roman View, Roman World, Servant, Superiority, Truth

In the Roman world, within the household, the position of child is the lowest in terms of power and hierarchy.  Taking this into account, consider Mark 10:15:
I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.
Rather than assuming our standard in pouring of innocence and [...]

December 9, 2007

Hitchens in ur Kitchens– also tagged Atheists, Backwater, Bashes, Christians, Christopher Hitchens, Disciples, Faith, Hitchen, Jesus Of Nazareth, Kitchens, Man Of Straw, Mitt Romney, Mormon, New Testament, Peasants, Reply, Scriptures, Shocker

The sometimes funny WuzzaDem looks at Hitchens’ reply to Romney’s Mormon speech: Shocker: Christopher Hitchens Bashes Mitt Romney Speech.
According to the admittedly very contradictory scriptures of the New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth warned his disciples and followers that they should expect to be ridiculed and mocked for their faith. After all, how likely was it [...]