… take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet
The first book of the Bible is Guinness’s in which Adam and Eve were created from an apple. Noah’s wife was Joan of Ark. Lot’s wife was a pillar of salt by day and a ball of fire by night. Samson slayed the Philistines with
A man fell in a pit and couldn’t get out. A SUBJECTIVE person came along and said: “I FEEL for you down there!” An OBJECTIVE person came along and said: “It’s logical that someone would fall down there.” A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST came by and said:
Microsoft Corporation today announced its intent to purchase, copyright, and upgrade God Himself. The new product would be named, predictably enough, Microsoft God,” and would be available to consumers sometime in late 1998. Too many people feel separated from God in today’s world,” said Dave
Most people seem to “know” that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God because of homosexuality. Well, I haven’t been able to find the phrase, “homosexuality” anywhere in Genesis or Judges or anywhere else in the Bible refering to Sodom and Gomorrah.
First United Methodist Church, Oneonta N.Y. Readings: I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Romans 8:18) We know that in everything God works for good with those who love
In the darkness, a freight train woke my parents. They had fallen asleep independently, listening to hear if John and I were also asleep, then drifting off with the muffled surf melting into their dreams. My older brother John was five and he and Dad
Douglas woke up from his nap in the easy chair but he kept his eyes closed, experiencing the memories of the chair, the smell, the worn armrests, the sunken seat, all of it. How many naps had he taken in this chair? How many books
Bernadette J. Brooten’s book Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism got someone’s attention; it earned the 1997 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Studies and an award from the American Academy of Religion, but it was ignored by much of the lesbian and
In 1980 I was pretty sure I didn’t know any gay folks, and had no sympathy for them when I first heard of GRID or AIDS. In my self-righteousness I figured it was a good way for God to get rid of the homosexuals. Born