A church friend and fellow member of the Emmaus Community shared this video of Dr. David Jeremiah with me. The video is about forty-five minutes long. I had to look at it in spits and spurts as I was also listening out for my Godson at the same time. So I have not heard every single word said. I did hear enough to know that Dr. Jeremiah was doing his level best to be fair in his assessment of both Presidential Candidates.
He based his assessment from a biblical standard of leadership...not spiritual leadership as from the pulpit. His standards made sense to me overall. The argument that most caught my attention was the stance of the leader of the United States towards Israel. Basically, anyone who is against Israel is against God.
I am not about to tell anyone how to vote, that is a personal decision. What I'm offering is a way to become more informed from a biblical perspective before the Presidential Election on 6 November 2012. Short notice, I realize. Still, I hope that the final words of Dr. Jeremiah regarding Political Stewardship help sway anyone who is inclined not to vote at all.
DeColores,
Lynn Hallbrooks
03 November 2012
25 March 2012
Parable of the Prodigal Son
Today's Sunday School lesson was The Prodigal Son from Luke 15: 11-32 which was lead by the husband & wife team of Larry and Kay. We had great discussions on different aspects of this parable, so much so, that my mind was processing it in the background during Church and through lunch.
While I was doing the lunch dishes, my brain began putting some pieces of the puzzle together. I think I may have come up with an interesting parallel.
The Elder Son is the people who were following all the laws in hopes of getting into Yahweh's good graces. The Prodigal Son is the new converts. Naturally, we all can figure out that the father in the story is Our Heavenly Father. To me it shows, that we are all equally welcomed by God. Whether we are Repentant Sinners or Covenant Keepers.
On a side note, the ending, in some ways, could be a foreshadowing of what was to come for Jesus who died for our sins then rose again and was welcomed home by the Father. As to what the elder brother did after that, I will leave that part of the story up to your interpretation as did Jesus when speaking to his audience.
I hope that all of you are blessed in some way by my simplistic layman's interpretation of one of Jesus' well-known parables.
DeColores,
Lynn
While I was doing the lunch dishes, my brain began putting some pieces of the puzzle together. I think I may have come up with an interesting parallel.
The Elder Son is the people who were following all the laws in hopes of getting into Yahweh's good graces. The Prodigal Son is the new converts. Naturally, we all can figure out that the father in the story is Our Heavenly Father. To me it shows, that we are all equally welcomed by God. Whether we are Repentant Sinners or Covenant Keepers.
On a side note, the ending, in some ways, could be a foreshadowing of what was to come for Jesus who died for our sins then rose again and was welcomed home by the Father. As to what the elder brother did after that, I will leave that part of the story up to your interpretation as did Jesus when speaking to his audience.
I hope that all of you are blessed in some way by my simplistic layman's interpretation of one of Jesus' well-known parables.
DeColores,
Lynn
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