Tag: Christ
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Don’t Reject Me
Christ was despised and rejected and acquainted with grief. I do not want to be. That is all.
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Christ in the Immigrant
A friend challenged me to see Christ in the immigrant. There is good Biblical sense in that. “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in” (Mt 25:35 KJV). But mostly I just see Lamanites. The Lamanites…
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The Name of Christ
The LDS tradition has a peculiar concept. Members are encouraged to take on the name of Christ. This is largely metaphorical. No one is supposed to actually change their last name. But oddly enough one of my forefathers farther back than we have accurate genealogy literally took on the name of Christ. The LDS Church…
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“Lord, Lord!”
As most of you know by now I argue divinity on the Internet. Sometimes I get sympathy, sometimes I get derision, and sometimes I get blocked. I had a relatively pleasant conversation with a stranger that eventually made it to the 64 Thousand Dollar Question: I take it you are not a Christian? It got…