We like to think of people in simple terms: villains and heroes. Good guys and bad guys. But people rarely make it that easy to categorize them. First impressions will guide you, but once you get to know people, contradictions arise. One of my favorite villains is a character in THE MAN IN THE HIGHContinue reading “People are Not Simple. Genesis 33:4.”
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Heroes and Villains. Jeremiah 42:19-22.
Old western movies employed the hat-color device: good guys wore white hats and bad guys wore black hats. There is even a Wikipedia page discussing the trope.[1] But the reality is not always so simple, particularly in the Bible. These are real people, not fictional characters, and the heroes seem to let us down atContinue reading “Heroes and Villains. Jeremiah 42:19-22.”
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. Mark 3:25.
Manicheanism was a false religion best known for dividing life into an evil sphere and a good sphere. Today the term is used most often to describe those who hold that sort of view. If you believe life is like an old western film where everyone is either a good guy wearing a white hat,Continue reading “A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. Mark 3:25.”
NOBODY’S PERFECT. Isaiah 38:17.
Noah feared God and led his family through the end of the world. Later his sons found him passed out drunk. God called King David a man after his own heart, yet David committed adultery and murder. In spite of Biblical evidence to the contrary, Christians tend to see everyone like characters in a westernContinue reading “NOBODY’S PERFECT. Isaiah 38:17.”