What Destroys Superman

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God 2 Corinthians 4:2 Hidden – Why does the mythology of Superman endure? From time immemorial, men and women have all wanted to be super people. Invulnerable. Powerful. Rescuers of others. What makes the Superman myth so…

What Lies Beneath (1)

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God 2 Corinthians 4:2 Shame – Why are the things of shame hidden? Why not say, “the obviously shameful things”? The answer may lie in the difference between my inner self and my outer observation of others….

One or the Other

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God 2 Corinthians 4:2 Renounce – Jesus is the man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. According to the Isaiah prophecy, He was rejected by men. John confirms the fact. He came to His own and they spurned…

What You Say Is What You Get

“but we have renounced the hidden things because of shame” 2 Corinthians 4:2 Renounced – Christians are not the silent majority.  In fact, if you are in the silent majority, you are either woefully deficient in your understanding of Christ’s commands or you are living on the wrong side of the God’s fence.  Christians are…

Shame by another name

“but we have renounced the hidden things because of shame” 2 Corinthians 4:2 Shame – When Paul penned this verse, he did not use the word entrepo for “shame” (see July 18).  He used another common Greek word (aischunes).  Both words are translated “shame” in English, but they are not quite the same.  And this…