Author: trinityweb
Jesús pide perdón al Padre por quienes no saben lo que hacen, no por quienes sí lo saben
Padre, Perdónalos porque no saben lo que hacen
Esto nos habla, entre otras cosas, de nuestra relación con los demás. Los pecadores, los hermanos (similares), los líderes religiosos y los gobernantes.
Jesus asks the Father for forgiveness for those who do not know what they are doing, not for those who do know
Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing – Luke 23:34
This prayer concerns, among other things, our relationships with others. Sinners, brothers and sisters, religious leaders, and rulers.
El nombre de Jesús no es un ‘talismán’
Usar la frase “en el nombre de Jesús”, se ha convertido en una muletilla evangélica que no puede ignorarse en ninguna oración, declaración, decreto, predicación, evento, sermón, etc. Durante muchos años, se ha creído que esta frase tiene cierta carga mística o poderosa en el mundo espiritual, y su desuso puede provocar que las oraciones no sean efectivas, o sencillamente ignoradas.
The name of Jesus is not a ‘talisman’
Using the phrase “in the name of Jesus,” has become a Christian catchphrase that cannot be ignored in any prayer, declaration, decree, preaching, event, sermon, etc. For many years, it has been believed that this phrase has a certain mystical or powerful charge in the spiritual world, and its misuse can cause prayers to be ineffective, or simply ignored by God.
Si varón de Guerra es el Señor; Su hijo, Príncipe de Paz
Abrazando mi ateo interior, me percato de algunas situaciones que quisiera se consideraran:
Si bien Dios es el mismo ayer hoy y siempre, en el Antiguo Testamento leemos que él es demasiado violento. Así se manifiesta en todas las guerras en las que ordenaba aniquilar pueblos enteros sin tener piedad de nadie (a propósito, no se encuentra mucha diferencia entre estos textos y el actuar en la actualidad de argunos grupos extremistas religiososde Oriente Medio).
If God is the Lord of hosts, then God’s Son is the Prince of Peace (Part III)
In this scenario, Jesus comes up with a very interesting and revolutionary message for his time. He intends to introduce the image of God as the Father among the Jews. Let us remember that when Jesus walked in First Century Palestine, the entire territory was under the rule of Rome, achieved through war and barbarism.
If God is the Lord of hosts, then God’s Son is the Prince of Peace (Part II)
On the one hand, there is a group of believers who maintain that God indeed ordered each of the wars described in the biblical text, with all their barbarities, attacks, children dashed against rocks, etc. Most of those who defend this idea explain that God manifested himself in one way in the Hebrew Bible and in a different way in the New Testament, being the same God, but with different plans for each moment in history
If God is the Lord of hosts, then God’s Son is the Prince of Peace (Part I)
Embracing my inner atheist, I notice some situations that I would like to consider: Although God is the same yesterday, today, and always, in the Hebrew Bible we read that God is too violent. This is manifested in all the wars in which God ordered the annihilation of entire towns without having mercy on anyone (by the way, there is not much difference between these texts and the current actions of some extremists, violent groups in the world, specially in the Middle East).
