“Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of Wisdom.” (Thomas Jefferson)
THE JOURNEY TO CONTENTMENT
“Most of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings; MURDER begins with a hunger for justice. LUST begins with recognition of beauty. GLUTTONY begins when our enjoyment of the delectable gifts of GOD starts to consume us. IDOLATRY begins when our seeing a reflection of God in something beautiful leads to our thinking that the beautiful image bearer is worthy of WORSHIP.” – (Shane Claiborne)
DIETARY LAWS – WHY CAN’T WE BE MORE LIKE JESUS? COME AS A CHILD – LESSON 217
“It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.” (Margaret Mead)
NO PAGANISM! – COME AS A CHILD – LESSON 196
‘Where do you learn how to act? Not at church. America is a lot more like pagan Rome than we think. We still sacrifice to objects to gain our social goals.’ – (Dave Hickey)
IF YOU LOVE ME; KEEP MY COVENANT – COME AS A CHILD; LESSON 185
“God is our Father; we are his children. He has brought us into his covenant, and it is our privilege to go on from wisdom to wisdom, from intelligence to intelligence, from understanding of one principle to that of another, to go forward and progress in the development of truth until we can comprehend God. For we are his children, we are his sons and daughters, and he is our father.” — (John Taylor)