Notes to My Siblings

I usually tend to write about things that bug me. In case you hadn't noticed that yet. Today's Soapbox: Stuff can't be "Christian". There's no such thing as a "Christian" band. There's no such thing as a "Christian" song. There's no such thing as a "Christian" movie. There's no such thing as a "Christian" home. Now, before you jump down my throat with cries of heresy, hear me out. My Greek is limited to Blue Letter Bible, but as best I can figure, the Greek for "Christian" is transliterated as Christianos . It is a proper noun meaning "Christian, follower of Christ." The Greek word is used three times in the New Testament. The first use is in Acts: Acts 11:26- For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians . It should be pretty obvious from the above that it's people who are Christi...

11  “Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, 12  lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, 13  and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, 14  then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, 15  who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, 16  who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. 17  Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ 18  You shall remember th...