Nov
16
Fear of Spiders and Snakes: How Do They Relate to Fear of the Lord?
The following is a close approximation of the homily I delivered the weekend of November 14 -15 at St Luke the Evangelist Church in Slidell. The scripture readings on which this is based can be found at this link
Fear is defined on Websters.com as “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.. “ . According to one authoritative list, the # 1 fear in the world is that of spiders. #2 is snakes. Those are not surprising to me, but some were. #17 is Alektorophobia, the fear of chickens. #63 is Bananaphobia – yes, the fear of bananas!
Half way between fear of chickens and fear of bananas, 1t #31 is Theophobia, an irrational fear of God.
Fear is defined on Websters.com as “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.. “ . According to one authoritative list, the # 1 fear in the world is that of spiders. #2 is snakes. Those are not surprising to me, but some were. #17 is Alektorophobia, the fear of chickens. #63 is Bananaphobia – yes, the fear of bananas!
Half way between fear of chickens and fear of bananas, 1t #31 is Theophobia, an irrational fear of God.
