INTRODUCTION: We have already seen in the first chapter that the unbelieving Gentile world is without excuse in their rebellion against God. We have also seen (in this second chapter of Romans) that believing Gentiles are not in the same position. And here in this passage, we come to the point of emphasis, which is …
The Whole Tribe of Philosophers
Book I/Chapter 5 The point (section 10) 8. What does knowledge of God lead us to? The limits (section 11) 9. In what way is evidence of God in creation worthless? 10. In what way are unbelieving men alike and in what way are they different? 11. What is the problem with the whole tribe …
Because Everything Might Change Tomorrow
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 159 “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” (Pr 27:1). This passage states quite an obvious point, but it is one that is overlooked in business ventures more often than many other …
Clemency and Severity
Book 1/Chapter 5 Grave sin (section 6) 1. What is the grave sin that can accompany an enjoyment of the Creator’s gifts? The kindness of God (section 7) 2. Does God show kindness to all men? 3. In the natural world, are His clemency and severity both seen? 4. What should the punishment of one …
Diluted Homeopathic Training
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, a gentleman named Robert Koch developed a series of postulates to help identify the causal agents for various diseases. The basic outlines of this approach were that, first, the germ had to be found abundantly in every patient and in every diseased tissue; second, the germ must …
Mosquitos and HIV
In my recent book God Is, in the course of responding to a charge that non-acceptance of the HIV causation of AIDS amounted to malevolence or stupidity or both, I used the illustration of a latex condom stopping an HIV virus being like trying to stop a mosquito with a chain link fence (given the …
He Cannot Deny Himself
Influenced by certain Enlightenment assumptions, we like to believe that we all may reserve the right to not believe certain things. But in Scripture to “believe not” is described as a sin. The verb used to describe this unbelief in Scripture is apisteo. The male disciples had been told by Jesus that He was going …
Preaching and Timbre
“God plays a number of different instruments, and the individual personality and background of the preacher is as much a part of powerful preaching as is the divine influence” (Wagner, Tongues Aflame, p. 31).
Anything Goes But That
“The most eminent American universities have become centers where sexual license and depravity are praised and the only conduct that meets with official rebuke is open disapproval of immorality” (Harold O.J. Brown, The Sensate Culture, p. 207).
Three Times as Quirky
This summer Thomas Nelson is releasing Nate’s next book, which is called Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl. To say that the first chapter reminds me of how Chesterton would have written had he taken LSD as a non-Christian in the sixties but who wrote many years later as one older, wiser, and three times as quirky, …