Now that we know what Love looks like, and how to change to become the person God wants us to be, what does it look like to live lovingly?
Before we can discover how these three characteristics of the Christian are to become a part of our lives, it is important to understand from whence they come. As we’ve discovered, these are also characteristics of God who exhibits them in perfection. To know how to practice them is to look to God’s perfect example, but to learn how to grow them into our character is another problem entirely.
In this foundations series we will be discussing three primary aspects of Christian character: Justice, mercy and love. This is part one.
Fear is one of the most debilitating emotions one can experience – so much so that it may even cause physical paralysis! For some it may be easy to assume the cause of fear is the fall of man itself, but this would be a serious error. We know, for example, that “fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9.10).
Now that we know what Mercy looks like, and how to change to become the person God wants us to be, what does it look like to live mercifully?
In this foundations series we will be discussing three primary aspects of Christian character: Justice, mercy and love. This is part three.
So far this week we have looked at the emotion of fear and the intellectual problem of uncertainty. Today we look at the spirit of doubt. This third of three elements can come upon a person suddenly, or can work its way insidiously and slowly into our lives.
Unlike most reviews this one doesn’t have to worry too much about “spoilers” as most Christians are already quite familiar with the story. However, if you are someone who likes to see a movie without hearing about how the story was handled then you probably ought to go and see it now then come back and finish reading.
Now that we know what Justice looks like, and how to change to become the person God wants us to be, what does it look like to live justly?
In this foundations series we will be discussing three primary aspects of Christian character: Justice, mercy and love. This is part two.
A few years ago I was giving a Biblically-based tour of the Morrison Formation (known as Dinosaur Ridge) outside of Denver, Colorado. We examined trace fossils of plant and marine life, and dinosaur footprints and bones. It’s all outdoors and in the open so there are no admission fees and anyone can stop by and see the exhibits and read the placards. About half way through I was leading my group to the next stop when an older bystander approached and asked me forthrightly, “You don’t really believe the earth is only 6,000 years old, do you?”
This month sees the release of not one, but two biblically-based movies. Coming to theaters this weekend is Son of God (which I’ll review next week) and on March 28th, Noah. From Wikipedia we are informed that Noah is an “American biblical epic film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Aronofsky and Ari Handel.” In other words, this isn’t the account written by Moses. So what can we expect?
