Ka hapanui o ka folk iʻimiʻia ma hope o ke Akua e hiki ke noʻonoʻo i nā manawa a lākou i kāhea ai, "Ināʻoe ma laila, No ke ahaʻoe e hōʻike mai ai iaʻu? Aia wau a makemake wau eʻike!"ʻAʻole naʻe e hōʻike mau ke Akua i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai iā ia. Aʻaʻole kūpono ia. No laila ke aha lā?
ʻO ka hua'ōlelo 'i kēlā me kēia lā’ Ma ka pule a ka Haku i puka mai ai i kahi'ē aʻe i kahi palapala Helene. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā loea eʻaeʻole kēiaʻaʻole kēia ka unuhi pololei: akā ua maheleʻia ma luna o ka mea e pono ai. No ke aha kēia?
Hoʻopuka ʻia kēia pou mai nā manaʻo ma ka ʻatikala, 'Ua make maoliʻo Iesū?’ a wehewehe hou aʻe e pili ana i ka manaʻo Karistiano o ka make.
Ināʻike mākou i kekahi ma kahi kūlana o keʻano e kumakaia ai e kumakaia i nā kūlana i loaʻa iā lākou, ʻO ka hapa nui o mākouʻaʻole e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka hilinaʻi hou i kēlā kanaka: Ke hakakā nei mākou me kā mākou mau hoʻomanaʻo o kā lākou hana maikaʻi mua. Pono mākou e kākau iā lākou?
I kekahi mau manawa, poʻe i hilinaʻi nui loa iaʻu a mahalo nuiʻia e like me nā hoa aloha a me nā poʻe Kristiano maikaʻi loa i pāpāʻia i nā kūlana i halaʻoleʻia. ʻO kaʻeha o ia mau manawa i like me ka pahi e like me ka pahi i hoʻopaʻaʻia i loko o kaʻu gut. Hiki paha ke hilinaʻi hou i kēlā poʻe?
He kūkākūkā i nā mea maikaʻi i hoʻonui houʻia i ka nīnau hoihoi: No ke aha e hāpaiʻia ai ka moʻolelo o Lazarus mai ka poʻe make ma kaʻeuanelio o John? Ma hope o nā mea āpau, I ke alo o ia, ʻO ia nōʻo Iesū’ ʻO ka hana nui loa: No laila inā he hana maoli ia, how come the other gospel writers don’t mention it?
Uaʻike pinepineʻo Ieremiahh iā ia he kaula o ka 'domom a me ka gloom.’ Akā naʻe, Ma ka waena o kahi pauku e hōʻole i nā hewa o kaʻIseraʻela a me keʻano o ka hoʻoholoʻana i ka hoʻoholoʻana, ʻIke mākou i kēia gem o ka paipai – ʻO kahi Manifesto e pili ana i ke kumu maoli o ka hoʻokōʻana i ke ola a me ke kauoha a ke Akua no ka laweʻana iā mākou i kēlā wahi.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea paʻakikī loa no mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea maoli e like me ka mea e like me ka mea'ē aʻe. Inā wau i ka manamana lima, Ua pilikia wau: Akā inā e uhaʻiʻoe i kou wāwaeʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻo. Hiki iaʻu ke ho'āʻo e hoʻomālamalama. No mākou, ʻo ia nō paha. Akā aia kekahi mea hiki ke hoʻomaopopo maoli…
He nīnau ia i nīnauʻia, ʻaʻole wale ma o Agnostics a me Atheists, akā he nui nā mea e hōʻoleʻia a he nui nā manaʻoʻiʻo he nui, ʻO ka huhūʻana e ke aloha o ke Akua. ʻAʻohe pane hoʻokahi i kūpono no kēlā me kēia hihia: Akā makemake wau e hāʻawi i kahi manaʻo nui e hiki ke kōkua i ko mākouʻike
A recent discussion in LinkedIn’s ‘Books and Authors’ group raised questions about the proliferation of books and blogs, some of which are by people of very limited literary ability; and it got me reminiscing about someone I met many years ago…