I am well aware that The Manofesto has been somewhat sports-centric lately. That tends to happen during football season. Rest assured however that I have not forgotten the mission of this little rest stop on the ol’ information superhighway to be a cornucopia brimming with the vast array of topics that frost my cupcake. And… Read More Righteousness – Hunger, Thirst, & Persecution…Part 1
The first edict Jesus gives in The Sermon on the Mount is be poor in spirit. Now this is a little confusing. Why would anyone want to have a poor spirit as opposed to a wonderful, great, fantastic spirit?? How is having a poor spirit supposed to make us happy?? Well okay…a poor spirit,… Read More Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit
A new year…a new decade…has dawned. What better time to introduce a new feature here at The Manofesto, a little ditty I am calling The Superfluous 7. Modestly modeled after Letterman’s Top 10, I am calling my lists superfluous because I am not arrogant enough to think they are in any way necessary or important.… Read More Superfluous 7 – New Year’s Resolutions You Won’t Keep
It didn’t take long to decide who the first inductee into The Hall of Influence should be or to settle on making Him the one and only person in the inaugural class. It would just feel wrong to include any other human being, be it actor or writer or purveyor of the public good, no… Read More Hall of Influence – The Inaugural Class
There’s a great bacronym of BIBLE…..Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. It fits. Now I’m a guy, which means that I typically disdain reading the directions…..but for The Word of God I make an exception. The Bible really is God’s instruction manual and we’d all be better off if we would follow it as closely as… Read More An Introduction to the Fruits of the Spirit
