The Destructive Future of Vengeance
Vengeance in the Old Testament The end of First Samuel and the beginning of Second recounts the transition between the reigns of Saul and David. The reign of Saul did not go well. It started disintegrating early for the simple reason that Saul wouldn’t listen to God. The anointing of David as the new king […]
Prosecutorial Misconduct, Mistrial, and Dismissal of Charges
I heard someone say recently and smartly, “There are repercussions for telling the truth, but they are never worse than not telling the truth.” It is tough to watch on and see the lies pile up in the United States and across the world. The worst of the lies is that God is not in […]
Almost All Historians Get History Wrong
Habakkuk as a Paradigm In the first four verses of the book of Habakkuk, the prophet questions God, “Why does He permit evil in Judah?” God answered Habakkuk in verses five through eleven by saying, “I am raising up Babylon to chastise Judah.” Habakkuk wanted Judah punished for her sin. How could God use Babylon, […]
The Expectations of the Apostle Paul for the Visit of an Unbeliever to a Meeting of the Lord’s Church
Seeker Sensitive? Maybe out of spiritual sensitivity someone seeks to visit a church meeting. Such seeking happens though in far less frequency today. A tension exists about the issue of seeking. On the one hand, the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 3:11, “There is none that seeketh after God.” That must be true. God said […]
For All Have Synd
Sin “Sin” is a word most people rarely say or hear any more. If they admit they’ve done anything wrong, they’ve made mistakes and committed errors. Rightly so, because they’re not thinking so much about whether they offended God in what they’ve done. A very biblical word, “sin” left common usage as people eliminated it […]
Scripture Is Science
Science The English word “science” occurs only once in the New Testament, referring to “science falsely so-called” (1 Tim 6:20). What is often called “science” really is “science falsely so-called.” What is science? Merriam-Webster online gives the following definitions: 1 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of […]
Are You a Piglet?
Winnie the Pooh This might surprise you, but I categorize personalities sometimes by Winnie the Pooh characters. Not everyone fits into the Pooh constellation, but many do, I’ve found. For instance, if I say, Eeyore, does that sound like anyone you know? I’ve known several Eeyores in my lifetime. You’ve got Pooh himself, Owl, Rabbit, […]
Watching a Slow Motion Car Crash: 2023-2024 United States
Preach the Gospel My wife and I live in a mobile home in small town rural Indiana, evangelizing Decatur County as well as a 25 minute radius of our church building. I preach the gospel almost every day to someone. We do discipleship, Bible studies, and meet for church. Her and I exist in our […]
Modernism Is Not an Acceptable Alternative to Postmodernism: Jordan Peterson
Early Experience with Modernism Growing up in small town Indiana, no one exposed me to modernism. Without anyone telling me, I read the Bible as literal. Everything happened in it just like it read. When I was twelve, my dad took us all off to Bible college in Wisconsin when he was thirty-five years old, […]
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