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It Seems Like It Would Be Much Easier For Me
I see the world headed for disaster inescapably or precipitately. Why would I want to jump on the handbasket and ride with it? I wouldn’t, but I understand why people take that handcart. The expression comes from a Hieronymous Bosch painting, The Haywain (c. 1515, below) in the middle of which is a large cart of […]
Answering “Conservative Christianity and the Authorized Version: Introduction”
Is the recommendation of, usage of, or belief in modern versions of the Bible, which translate the modern critical text, compatible with or representative of conservative Christianity? Religious Affections Ministries (RAM) board member Michael Riley writes at their blog site in essence an answer to that question in a series entitled, “Conservative Christianity and the […]
Careless Virtue Signaling
I’m intrigued by some of the new terms invented to describe iterations of bad behavior arising from new media: armchair warrior, call-out culture, concern troll, hashtag activism, social desirability bias, and social justice warrior, among others. I’m focusing though on virtue signaling, which I contend exists since the fall of man, but exponentially grew out […]
Brothers and Their Sisters
Scripture says a lot about the relationship with or responsibility of parents to children and children to parents. Much instruction exists for the husband and wife relationship. The Bible says less about siblings. Overall, the Lord Jesus Christ taught something to siblings in Matthew 12: 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his […]
The Unambiguousness of the Standard or Definition of Nakedness in the Bible
Previous Post On This Subject In the comment section of a post about music, someone commented: Is there any place in the Bible where God condemns Daisy Dukes? Being a dishwasher at a strip club? Someone else made an earlier comment in answer to another person: But until we can agree that God’s Word is […]
The Incongruity of Country and Jesus
Country music arose in the 1920s from the American South, also the so-called Bible belt, beginning with the first family of country music, The Carter Family. The Carters were raised under the influence of gospel music, an earlier iteration than even country. However, their “gospel” also influenced country. “Gospel,” which was a distortion, and increasingly […]
The New Gratitude without an Object
The new gratitude isn’t grateful to or for anyone, including God. It separates gratitude from an object. It is a psychological ploy, a game that subjects play in their minds. It’s looking into the mirror and saying, ala Stuart Smalley, “I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!” It is redefining […]
Implacable
The Apostle Paul ends the first chapter of Romans in 1:28-32 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, […]
Do Pastors Have Any Authority?
I have the youtube app on my phone, which feeds me what it thinks I want to watch. Toward the top of the offerings today as I ate my lunch was a post by Wretched, entitled, “John MacArthur: Your pastor has NO authority over you.” Todd Friel played a clip from a Q and A, […]
Salvation and the Call By Jesus To Be a Fisher of Men
When you read the four gospels, you see several “calls” of the twelve disciples. There isn’t one of them that says, this is when he was saved. When was John saved? Well, it was, um, I’m not sure. He was saved, but I’m not sure when it was. What about Peter? The same. They were […]
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