16.3.14
– A quarrelsome spirit may be even more damaging to a marriage than an adulterous lifestyle, right?
I guess it all depends on the degree of the problematic attitude/behaviour, & how the other handles it…
– ‘Deliberate disappearance’!
– Psychology of religion – internalization & projection
– Are you seeking what you (really) desire?
Are you living what you (really) believe?
Are you thinking of what you (really) need?
– “Anyone who does not want you to think (for yourself) is not (truly) your friend.”
– Evoke
Invoke
Incant
– “Maybe the Devil is just GOD’s alter-ego!” – RFC
– Movies:
The Shining
– “Lauda Anima”
Mercy » praise!
– “There’s no one like Jehovah”
“There is no rock like our GOD”
Mmm……
– “With my whole heart I seek thee,
I will praise thee with an upright heart.”
“Blessed be thou, O Lord!
In thy word I delight, as much as in all riches.”
– Glory » pleasure » creation » delight!
– God-like creatures
&
Man-like God
– Conflict, chaos & despair
– “Lord, save our nation!”
– ‘Servant of (the people of) GOD’
– Acknowledging GOD
The absent-minded clergy!
– Anti-cult ministries
– What do holiness & hope have to do with each other?
– Self-examination & consecration
– Prayers, songs & sermons
– Hortatory
Vs.
Dialectical
Encouraging by inciting!
– The logic of fallacy
&
The fallacy of logic
– Oath/vow/pledge
&
Swearword/cuss/expletive
– Sexuality, morality & religion
– Immanuel Joseph
&
The biblical Joseph
– Uninterested in adultery
– Possession & position
– Gen. 39:9
vv.14,17 – “came in to laugh/mock at me”
Woman as property of the man (father/husband/?GOD)
&
The objectification & abuse of the female body
– GOD, the masses, leadership, structures & authority
– Placement
– Peter
Vs.
Judas
Vs.
Thomas
Whom do I resemble (in my faith)?
– Grace & morality; sin & salvation
Anything radical is scandalous; & anything divine is paradoxical!
– Movies:
Queen (Hindi)
– The best way to read my blog is to read one line at a time, & take a minute or two to reflect on it, before going to the next one…
– I am a tweeter, disguised as a blogger!
Vs.
You cannot love & serve 2 masters!
– Vital – regular journaling, slow pace of living & annual personal retreat
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