“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 157 “The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; …
Christendom? What”s That?
Merrily circling the drain . . .
Vegetarianism Involves More Than Liking Your Veggies
Every Christian longs for the day when this sorry world will be put completely to rights. One of the features of that day will be the destruction of our weapons, their transformation to peaceful use, and we will shut down the Naval Academy and West Point, their services being no longer required. As I said, …
You Dogmatic Pig
See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die No, I have not gone all nerdy on you, and yes, I am about to analyze the argument presented in the above musical spoof of California’s Prop 8. Here is the argument presented by Prop 8: The Musical. Christians who profess to follow the Bible must, …
The World is not God’s Hat on a Windy Day
The word providence comes from the Latin pro and videre, meaning “to see beforehand.” Our word provision comes from the same source. We know that God sees everything before hand. So as we turn to the Bible’s teaching on this subject, we will see that there is a very close connection between God’s providence over …
Forbear Threatening
We have already consider one word for threatening (apeileo), and we now come to another closely related one (apeile). As before, threatening is something the ungodly do. In one place, the two words are used together, for straitly and for threatening. “But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, …
Now That’s Odd
“It is rather remarkable to realize that neither the preaching of Jesus himself, nor the sermons of the apostolic preachers in the Book of Acts have been extensively considered or analyzed as models for developing methods and practices for preachers in our day” (Roger Wagner, Tongues Aflame, p. 15).
Assisted Suicide for Churches
“When religious groups compromise their foundational beliefs in order to coexist with the late sensate culture rather than challenging it or standing against it, they in effect consent to their own liquidation” (Harold O.J. Brown, The Sensate Culture, p. 67).
Making Authority Tolerable
“Trust is at the center of all family life. Trust is what makes authority bearable” (Her Hand in Marriage, p. 45).
When Mercy Is Cruel
Abraham Lincoln once asked how many legs a sheep would have if we called the tail a leg. “Five,” came the answer. No, Lincoln replied, it doesn’t matter what we call it, a sheep will have four legs regardless of what we say. The Bible gives us the categories of mercy and cruelty. Both of …