I chose this topic because it speaks to the heart of a God centered religion vs a man centered one. A man centered religion will be worried about following the law “to the letter” so as to appease God, and possibly show others how much better than them you are. A God centered religion, on…

    This is the first time that I have read The Wisdom of Solomon and Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach. After reading just the chapters mentioned in the title of this blog, I see somethings that are very similar to scripture in these books, and thought they might be good. But after quickly doing some…

    1 Maccabees is a book from the Apocrypha, meaning that it was not considered to be inspired by the Jews. The Protestant church follows their example, but the Catholic church (as well as some other Christian groups) do not, meaning that they include it in their Bible. Here are some of my thoughts after having…