The carpenter's son
Rory Sullivan
- Location
- UK
- Birthday
- May 25
- Bio
- I write "A carpenter from Nazareth" (acfromn.com). I'm going to try posting some of the articles here.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Prayr n meditayshun - yr not
doin it rite
May 15, 2012 12:16AM - Too much power, and no power
at all
March 28, 2012 01:47AM - The illustration of the wheat
and the weeds
March 10, 2012 06:33AM - Bible Psychology - thousands
of years ahead of its time
February 29, 2012 01:40AM - Samuel - A terrible warning
for the stoic man
February 21, 2012 11:51AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thank you for your kind
words, Patience.
I
think in a case like this the
religion…”
March 31, 2012 01:56AM - “Dammit, I love your
writing. The paragraph
describing being
pulled out of
class b…”
March 12, 2012 11:25AM - “The sensation of being
buried alive must be something
akin to
Larkin's
"coas…”
March 11, 2012 03:10AM - “"People will come Ray.
They'll come to Iowa for
reasons they
can't even
fath…”
March 09, 2012 12:22PM - “I've been looking
forward to these articles,
Meg.
I appreciate
that I might be
ask…”
March 07, 2012 05:32PM
Rory Sullivan's Links
- New list
- Pat Farenga
- NochNoch
- A carpenter from Nazareth
Prayr n meditayshun - yr not doin it rite
Dr Haim Ginnott is credited with the mnemonic, "labeling is disabling." Primarily he was concerned about how unhelpful it is to pin a label on a child, but this principle can be extended to other things. Words and their definitions are a form of labeling. They satisfy…
Too much power, and no power at all
An Open Letter to the Body of Elders,
Sudbury (Suffolk) Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
On Wednesday, April 4, 2012, the decision will be carried out to
announce to the congregation that, “Rory Sullivan is no
longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses.”
Men, I urge you not to make this announceme… Read full post »
The illustration of the wheat and the weeds
"Sons are a heritage from the Lord,
children a reward from him."
(Psalm 127:3)
To make a mensch you have to use menschy ways
Dr Haim Ginott
Babies are a thing of wonder. The birth of a child is a cause for great celebration. The newborn is introduced to the world in an…
Bible Psychology - thousands of years ahead of its time
On the deeper questions of life some of these ancient Hebrews knew so much more than we do that we may need to sit humbly at their feet and be taught by them. We may be beyond them in scientific knowledge, but in the understanding of God and man and the… Read full post »
Samuel - A terrible warning for the stoic man
The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell he fears...And with rejection comes anger, and with anger some kind of crime in revenge...and always the guilt and revenge and more guilt - John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Agag came…
The Book of Revelation - Vivid dreams of a tormented soul
As far as the Acts of the Apostles is concerned, John more or
less drops out around chapter 8. He doesn't reappear in the
scriptures until some sixty years later. Here's why: John had never
seen the resurrected Christ.
Nobody had really seen the resurrected Christ, but for
John, the lack of… Read full post »
It's not about God, it's about you
The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
(Galatians 5:22-24)
It doesn't start with God, it starts with you. In fact, if we put God first, it will be a hindrance. Man wants it to…
The debt you owe to yourself
The Aramaic word hobha means both "debt" and "sin". This might go some way to explaining the combination of these expressions in what is known as "the Lord's Prayer".
Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
(Luke 11:4)
Forgive us our debts, as we also have… Read full post »
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