9.4.14
– Strong vs. Weak:
Do I derive my self-esteem from my work, or do I minister out of a sense of vocational identity?
– Maybe the urge to get an official qualification for my role as a minister and the thought of charging for my services are temptations that I should resist.
It should never be forgotten that this is a SPIRITUAL (not academic or social or even ecclesiastical) work!
– The greatest sin is that of indifference, apathy & complacency! The manifestation of the supreme evil of pride-despair-anxiety……
– What does “bondage to sin” mean, here & now, for you & me?
– Sometimes the difference between soul-salvation & self-destruction is completely invisible!
– Was there any interaction between the schools of Greek & Indian philosophy in the ancient world?
– Be true (real).
Be good (positive).
Be beautiful (interesting).
– Journal a minimum of ten lines every day.
Virtue
Vs.
Duty
Faith
Vs.
Conscience
Distinguish:
Ignorance
&
Forgetfulness
4Mac. 3:5
Is lust automatically infidelity?
The challenge is to be idealistic without becoming unrealistic!
The Tenth Commandment & feminism
4Maccabees & Moses Maimonedes
Arab philosophy/Islamic theology
What does not bring suffering (existential/social) cannot be called evil (moral/ontological).
Kingdom = forgiveness-reconciliation + miracles-mission + resurrection-perfection!
Purchased NET Bible ebook (with complete notes)
Started vocational counseling for bro.Abraham
Updated certain framework documents
Organised the charitable fund for this month
Now only these 3 remain – pride, greed & cruelty. And the greatest of these is pride!
King
Vs.
High priest
Vs.
Prophet
Vs.
People
Where is GOD in all of this?!
Compare & contrast the coverage of the General Elections by:
The Indian news channels
&
The BBC
Loving the alien & the “beautiful stranger”
Why did Hitler hate the Jews??
The (anti-Semitic) Roman Catholic Church as a partner in (the execution of) the Holocaust!
Why were the Jews an especially persecuted people since ancient times??
Conspiracy theories, demonization, scapegoating
Multi-culturalism, religious pluralism & xenophobia
Sexual minorities
Propaganda >> fear >> hatred!
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