Tag Archives: judgmentalism

Courts, Due Process and Getting it Right

Posted on October 16, 2015 by

[From the archives] *** I have the only job Jesus ever explicitly prohibited: “Judge not.” (Matthew 7:1, Luke 6:37.) Yet every day I put on a robe (I call it my black muumuu) and sit on the bench judging. It’s … Continue reading →

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Boosting Cars, Smoking Dope, and Being a Child of God

Posted on May 15, 2015 by

[From the archives.] Boosting Cars, Smoking Dope When our kids were young, my wife insisted on never telling them they were a good little boy or good little girl. You see, my wife knows what Jesus said in Mark 10:19 … Continue reading →

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Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover – a guest post by Marlena Graves

Posted on November 11, 2013 by

[Today’s guest post is from Marlena Graves. We didn’t plan it this way, but her post is a great follow-up to my series last week on judging, judges, law and legalism. (Here are Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five.) Follow … Continue reading →

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Judging Others and Judging Ourselves – a lesson from Longfellow

Posted on August 10, 2013 by

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Kavanagh: A Tale (1848)

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