If you go to Archives now, you will notice that posts are sorted by topic, and not only by date. Just a couple things to note about this. First, in the first couple months, while I was figuring this thing out, some posts were listed under “General Ruminations” which later, when I realized how much …
Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time there was a Christian people who had drifted from the right worship of God. They had, through laziness and unbelief, neglected to worship God the Father through Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. In short, they ceased offering worship that was distinctively Trinitarian. As a result, this people …
Ah, To Have Been Submissive
A wise man once defined a classic as a book that no one wants to read, but everyone wants to have read. In the same way, submission is something that everyone wants to have done, but no one wants to do. As the old blues song puts it, “Everyone wants to go to heaven, but …
Super Submission
The apostle Paul said that we were to receive one another, but not into debates over disputable things. In his day the debatable things had to do with the ceremonial foods of Judaism, and so we think we have learned his wisdom simply because the church now debates different issues. As though it were appropriate …
Optional Realities
Once there was a nation that turned away from the living God, and so the living God turned them over to their vain imaginations, so that their foolish hearts were darkened. One of the states in that nation — let us call it Massachusetts –decided through its judicial system that our system of public life …
Thanks for Coming, Officer
The state of mind called Massachusetts is all set for homosexual marriages on Monday. A friend of mine put it well this morning. “Oh, great. Now John Kerry can marry Ted Kennedy.” Here is how the political skirmishing will go. Homosexual marriage, once legal in one state, will attract homosexual couples from the other 49 …
Galatians 21
INTRODUCTION As we seek to gather in our hearts and minds the message of this wonderful book, we can the heart of it here in the last passage. Just as we need to summarize, so does Paul. THE TEXT: Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. As …
Galatians 4
INTRODUCTION We have all heard about the conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus. But what exactly was he converted from? The answer to this question is highly significant, and we need to get it right if we are to understand the rest of this epistle. THE TEXT: For ye have heard of my …
Absent Without Leave
As the war in Iraq grinds on, multiple lessons can be gleaned from it. And not all the lessons have anything to do with the tactical details of this particular war. One of the most striking things about this conflict is that when I see talking heads on the teevee talking about it, whether they …
Christ is the Future of Nature
In order to understand our responsibilities in the world, the place to begin is with what God has told us to do. This instruction from God is found in Genesis, in what has come to be called the cultural mandate. “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish …