I noticed how much ritual is in love. Take dating. It is customary that he asks her out. The guy usually shows up at the girl's house. He opens the door of the car. When they eat, he pulls out the chair for her. If they dance he leads. He walks her back to her door. The ritual is then he kisses...
Often we see an argument made, a sort of fallacy of association, that because there are different religions and mythologies, this is somehow problematic for the idea of Christian truths. To me, I see it in the opposite light. For man has always had a religious bent, a mythological narrative...
Sunday, April 9, 2017, 9:20 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Oh, To Be Like Thee.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Zechariah 7 (NASB).
Or, For Ourselves? (vv. 1-7)
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth...
What is the value of ritual. Ritual is such an instinctive thing. In our churches (and not just Christian) our services involve wearing of garments, ritual movements about the alter, use of candles and incense and chants or ritual singing. The singing heightens your emotions and the ritual...