God talk

   This Week we are looking at the topic of worrying as found in the Sermon on the Mount. http://weaver1hasonline.international Or your can read it here unedited:   Worrying its definition: ‘to think about problems or unpleasant things that might happen in a way that makes you feel unhappy and frightened’ (From;      dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/worry)   Worrying its roots in old English, German, Dutch and Old Norse. In Old English it has the basic idea of ‘strangle’: c. 1300, wirien, "to slay, kill or injure by biting and shaking the throat" (as a dog or wolf does), from Old English wyrgan "to strangle," from Proto-Germanic *wurgjan (source also of Middle Dutch worghen, Dutch worgen, Old High German wurgen, German würgen "to strangle," Old Norse virgill "rope"), from *wergh-, from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." (From; etymonline.com/word/worry) Whatever way we look at this word ‘to worry’, its conn

 When the Infinite and Finite Meet at the Echo of Faith (Matthew 6: 16-24; Fasting) You can find this blog here or you can read the unedited version here; https://weaver1hasonline.international     Some coasters in preperation When the Infinite and Finite Meet at the Echo of Faith (Matthew 6: 16-24; Fasting) Before we begin to unpack the meaning of these texts, I can see that Matthew has a concept of revelation worked into the text.   God the Father in the Trinitarian scheme of things cannot be known directly.   Yet God the Father is not inactive here but active through the teachings of the Son.   This is linked to the beatitudes.   God is interested in the state of our hearts but unfortunately the natural Man is only interested in his/her pride, selfishness and greed.   When we read the above there is actually a contest going on between Jesus and the hypocrites.   Matthew in his Gospel names the hypocrites as the Pharisees and the Sadducees (See the eight woes in Matt: 11 (ver