educating eric

Sheep are dumb, defenseless and driven by their own desires... And, I suspect, are often unaware of their status. Sometimes they know they're in danger. Oftentimes they don't.

Great insight today from the Ray Edwards Podcast (#128: Self-Propelled Productivity [Podcast]): http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/73921591/0/rayedwardscom~SelfPropelled-Productivity-Podcast/ Spiritual Foundations: Here's a question I get from readers and listeners every now and then: "If God's will is always healing, why am I still sick?" The short answer is I don't know. There are many explanations that sound good, and yet for every one there is a scripture that seems to disprove it. Think you don't have enough faith? Then what do you do with the man who didn't even believe Jesus could help his son… and then Jesus just healed the boy, despite the father's lack of faith? Think you have sin in your life that you have to get cleaned up first? Then what about the woman who was caught in the very act of adultery, whom Jesus forgave and spared from physical death? Then there are interesting passages like the one where Jesus prays for a b...

‭Isaiah‬ ‭8‬:‭3‬ NIV "Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me, "Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz." See it at Bible.com : http://bible.com/111/isa.8.3.niv

There's a reference to "...as water wears away stones" in Job 12:1-15:35; isn't that pretty advanced scientific knowledge for thousands of years ago, given that erosion of rock isn't readily observed?

This episode mentions the concept of a "therapeutic gospel" as a remedy for those who have been hurt by the church. Yes, that message is incomplete. But is it harmful? The Phil Vischer Podcast (Episode 112: Kardashians, Comic-Con, and Charismatic Catholicism!) Phil breaks down and says the word "Kardashian," girls at Comic-Con  say "no touchy!" and an account of one woman's journey from  Charismatic Catholicism to atheism to...?  It's another fun week on  the Phil Vischer Podcast! http://traffic.libsyn.com/thephilvischerpodcast/PV_Podcast_EP112_07-28-2014.mp3

https://umano.me/c/dmwAx/frank-schaeffer-the-atheist-who-believes-in-god Shared from the Umano app

Looks like Matthew 13 is a much better grounding of this concept than the Parable of the Talents is. But it's represented there in a much deeper fashion and I wonder if it's descriptive rather than prescriptive...?