Month: October 2016

Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he counseled with his servants saying, “In such and such a place shall be my camp.” The man of God [Elisha, the prophet] sent word to the king of Israel saying, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down…

Don: The story of the man blind from birth reveals the entire spectrum of Man’s spiritual blindness. Some, like the blind man himself before his encounter with Jesus, have zero spiritual context. Some, like the neighbors, have some limited spiritual insight but are so confused that more information only confuses them more. Some, like the…

Don: The participants in the story of the man blind from birth provide insights into the human condition. They portray the spectrum of Man’s experience before God. Some of us are like the blind man himself, with no spiritual context whatsoever, isolated from an experience, a relationship, a framework with God; yet, in an instant,…

Don: Unlike most of the diseases mentioned in the Bible, blindness is not life-threatening, not communicable, and does not condemn the sufferer to be shackled (as was the case with some of the mentally ill) or physically isolated from the community (as was the case with lepers). Blindness is a danger to no-one but the…

Don: There seems to be a need for some sort of spiritual blindness for Man to appear before God. Adam and Eve had it in the Garden, until they lost that blindness in the Fall. They used their newfound ability to discern Good and Evil in order to pass judgment. Then the eyes of both…