Monthly Archives: December 2007

Fruitage of the Spirit — Part 7 “Goodness”

This month we have the oppor­tu­nity to take a look at the qual­ity of “good­ness”, which is the next ele­ment of the fruitage of the Spirit. Through­out Scrip­ture good is con­trasted with evil — some­times in the form of light verses dark­ness. Good rep­re­sents what is bright, moral and vir­tu­ous as opposed the

The Lamb and the Shepherds

In last Sunday’s blog entry, “The Christ­mas Myth”, we com­pared ele­ments of the pop­u­lar Nativ­ity story with what the Bible actu­ally says about the birth Jesus. In doing so I left out one major piece of the story — the shep­herds who visit Jesus. This was inten­tional; because as far as I

The Christmas Myth

Each Decem­ber brings an abun­dance of Christ­mas themed movies to tele­vi­sions sets across the coun­try. My favorite is “Meet Me In St. Louis”; which some­how gets clas­si­fied as a Christ­mas film despite the fact the win­ter seg­ment is just one of four sea­sonal vignettes. Per­haps it gets the nod for Judy