What is āpoliticsā? How should we respond to the politics that invade our daily lives in the news, workplace, school and from so many social media platforms?Ā According to Wikipedia (which often conveys modern thought regarding a subject): āPolitics (from the Greek word, politikĆ”, meaning 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources. The … [Read more...] about Following Politics, Christ, or Both?
Pharisees
Garments, Wineskins and Fasting
Parading their self-righteousness, the Pharisees, the religious elite of Christās time, and their followers fasted twice a week. Yet the disciples of Christ did not. The religious leaders demanded to know from Christ why his followers didnāt fast. Jesus answered with a parable about wineskins and garments. āThen He spoke a parable to them: 'No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the … [Read more...] about Garments, Wineskins and Fasting