Most of us can remember the exact moment when we looked in the mirror and saw our first gray hair or the first noticeable wrinkle on our face. We were still young, perhaps only in our twenties.
Formations 07.24.2022: Judah’s Repentance
Today we have another biblical story about people who make morally corrupt choices. Similar to his brother Reuben, Judah tends to look out for himself above anyone else.
Formations 12.20.2020: The Honor Christ Deserves
My wife and I got married over my school’s Thanksgiving break one year. I was a newly minted Ph.D., with little as of yet to show for it. We arrived at the hotel before our room was ready, so we gave them our luggage and went out to explore the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Formations 08.27.2017: Honor to Whom Honor Is Due
Let me tell you about Miss Margaret. When I was a seminary student, I was also the pastor of a mission church that met in a trailer park in LaGrange, Kentucky. We literally met in a mobile home that the local Baptist association purchased for us and set up on the site. I think our high attendance record was thirty.
Formations 09.27.2015: Defending the Culture of Dignity
Sociologists from California State University and West Virginia University recently published a paper identifying three different ways human beings have regulated interpersonal relationships: honor culture, dignity culture, victimhood culture.