Month: August 2019

Guest Editorial: Kip McKean “Hope deferred makes the heart sick…” Proverbs 13:12 THE WORD “acedia” has been lost to the modern English language and is the forgotten of the original “Seven Deadly Sins.” Though acedia is not explicitly named on the many lists of sins in the Bible (Proverbs 6:16-19; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21; 2 Timothy 3:1-5), a monk named Evagrius Ponticus (345 – 399AD), one of the most…

Guest Editorial: Kip McKean All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2 Pride is the broad road to hell; humility is the narrow path to heaven. The above three statements, made over a nine year period, reveal a growing sense of…

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16-17 DEFINITION: BELIEVE 1. To have religious faith: to have a belief in God or in a religion’s gods. 2. To accept something as true: to accept that something is true or real. 3. To be of the opinion that something is right…