Posted by Chris Taylor on August 27, 2008
Not God? What do I mean by “not God”?
Anything that is not God Himself, not of God, or not Godly. Anything that is contrasted to life and value. Worthless as opposed to priceless.
Thus says the LORD, “What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after EMPTINESS AND BECAME EMPTY ?(Jer 2:5 NASB)
Another way to word this:
“Thus says the LORD: What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from Me, and went after worthless things, and became worthless themselves?” (Jer 2:5 NRSV)
When we seek “not God” we become empty – we are full of emptiness. Full of emptiness? Odd but true.
You can be full of LIFE or full of EMPTINESS.
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Posted by Chris Taylor on August 22, 2008
Ever played that card game? Some call it bull. Others call it bullsh**. Others probably call it something else.
You know the one. Where everyone has to lay 1-4 cards down in the middle face down and tell the group what they are laying down. Like “4 aces”, or “2 sixes”, or “1 nine”.
The other players can either believe them or call “Bull!”. You know that game?
The object is to be the first to run out of cards. If you call “BULL!” on someone and they were telling the truth, you get all the cards that happened to be in the middle at the time.
It’s a fun little game for a while and teaches an interesting lesson.
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Posted by Chris Taylor on August 7, 2008
First, my apologies for being away. I was on vacation for a week, and have been involved in some discussion groups on theology (post coming on that soon). Also work has been busy over the last few weeks so that has kept me away as well.
Secondly, I hope everyone is doing well!
Finally, I wanted to post a bit of my reading lately and how it impacts all of us that say we follow God and worship the One true God.
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