Recent content by ChrisTillinen

This may need clarification. Surely you don't deny that the Bible uses metaphors, parables, etc. that are clearly not intended to be taken as literal facts?

Seems the video link was removed by the moderator, as well as my signature that had a link to my Youtube channel. Not complaining. Just explaining why I mention something about a song version in the post even though it isn't there.

Never heard of it but I think it's this one: https://web.archive.org/web/20041102021429/http://ever-after.com/lyrics/allthat.html

Pre-COVID, I used to eat at lunch buffets very regularly. During COVID, I avoided those places until I started to go there again but use the take away option. Nowadays, the take away thing has just become a convenient habit, so more often than not, I still use it rather than eat in the lunch...

In the dawn of the ninth century arose A Benedictine monk to northern shadows Ansgar, to pagans bearing witness of light Sailed into darkness to bring them sight Across the sea, under a gray storm's veil In Birka’s heart, his faith would not fail Visions led through peril and night The cross...

Here's a song version of this poem. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but personally, I see no real problem in combining this style and these lyrics.

I didn't read the entire thread, so I am perhaps missing some important context here, but the verb "εὐχαριστήσας" is in 1 Corinthians 11:24 in a passage that is specifically about Lord's supper (it's used when mentioning that Jesus had given thanks). It also occurs in various forms in the New...

Some of Leonard Cohen's songs seemed to have their decent spiritual moments, even though they'd definitely qualify as secular music, and he wasn't even a Christian. A case in point. These lyrics would require only relatively small modifications to pass as solidly Christian:

Ben Shapiro is smart and talks really fast. Add to that the tendency to defend rather commonsensical views about society, politics, etc and it's understandable that he does well in debates. He's an orthodox Jew, so there's some common ground but also significant disagreement that I'd have with...

Here's a song version of the poem:

Hmm, is it mispronounced? After you pointed it out, I thought so first as well. However, it gets a bit tricky. The context is the phrase "just deserts". It's entirely possible (perhaps even likely) that I had a sort of double entendre in mind when I wrote that part, but still, it's primarily not...

I think there's biblical justification for the idea that apart from being in Christ, the consequences of various sins are ultimately the same (though that may be more nuanced due to the possibility of degrees of punishment) as well as the idea that no one deserves forgiveness. What's far less...

Sure, this is probably the correct explanation for the nickname. And it's interesting that the gospel that mentions this name (Gospel of Mark) doesn't mention the episode where the disciples wanted to call down fire (that's from Luke). So it seems like an incidental confirmation of its...

For a few years, a python had received a monthly salary from the zoo for being the biggest attraction of the reptile house. But then he became an independent constrictor.

Here's a new song version of this poem: