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Bloodline

May 8th, 2010 Jojo Agot
Royal crown

The Bible doesn’t tell much about Daniel’s family line. All we know about his lineage is that he was a member of Israel’s royal family and nobility. When their government fell on the hands of the invading Babylonian empire, he and his other friends were taken captive.

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made a good show of his conquest. By subjugating the Israelite nobles into servant-hood, he proclaimed and sealed their abasement in the eyes of the whole wide world. Daniel was one of the elite few who were groomed to become a servant to the emperor. Not exactly an exciting prospect for someone who came from a noble stock. (more…)

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So What if I’m Angry?

May 6th, 2010 Jojo Agot
Sports News - April 24, 2010

Many people have this unrealistic notion that Christians are not supposed to get angry. I don’t know where they got that but it’s quite funny when everyone expects us to be oh so nice while everyone can blow up in outrage anytime they want to.

What most people refuse to recognize is the plethora of verses in the Bible where God didn’t mind His people being angry. The Book of Psalms is filled with a wide range of human emotions and one of the recurring themes that I noticed aside from the usual praise, despair and hope is the inclusion of angry prayers. One of those I’m going to quote below. This is from Psalms 83: 13- 15: (more…)

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Lessons from a Blind Beggar

May 3rd, 2010 Jojo Agot

As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. (more…)

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Itching Ears

April 9th, 2010 Jojo Agot
Teenage girl whispering to teenage boy

We need euphemisms. Political correctness demands us to. What used to be violent outrages are now called dramatic episodes, lewdness and unbridled speech are now dressed up as honesty, pornography is art, and murdering an innocent child or a suffering patient is wonderfully called a choice. For every negative, evil, destructive and morally wrong idea or action, we’ve invented an ear- pleasing, socially acceptable and possibly conscience- appeasing vocabulary alternative. (more…)

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