Tag Archives: hypocrisy

Famous Welsh actor Richard Burton returned after many years to visit his childhood church. His old pastor, who had taught him as a child, asked him to quote the 23rd  Psalm. Richard Burton agreed under one condition.   After he finished, the pastor was also to quote the 23rd Psalm. The ...

John 7 约翰福音7章 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. 32法利赛人听见众人为耶稣这样纷纷议论，祭司长和法利赛人就打发差役去捉拿他。 45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers ...

We’ve all heard the familiar phrase, “pot meet kettle” when referring to a situation that implies someone who is usually sitting in judgement about a person or situation. I believe it was William Penn who first used the term in his Some fruits of solitude, 1693, “the pot calling the ...

It was known as the “captain of death” for centuries, but Tuberculosis had a deceptive air of beauty on the surface. A Victorian woman was considered beautiful when her lips were ruby-colored, her skin translucent and pale, and her eyes bright and sparkling. But it was the look of a ...

Authorities–the earthly “powers that be”–isn’t their purpose to maintain order in this world filled with sinful people roaming the earth? Laws are established to create civilized societies, yet we are driving 100 miles an hour toward a world of barbarism. Instead of establishing and keeping order, many appointed and elected ...