Paul Obliterates Pandering in Galatians: His Antidote to Pandering
Part One The Judaizers at Galatia pandered to the Jews in the region. They wanted to make a “fair show” to their ethnicity and they wished to avoid persecution. Circumcision was a convenient emphasis over the cross of Christ, even though it nullified grace and the work of Christ became no effect unto them. The […]
Paul Obliterates Pandering in Galatians: Social Justice Panderers
Other Posts on Pandering from the Past (One, Two, Three, Four, not necessarily in order) Paul summarizes the issue he has addressed with the Galatian churches in the last little segment of his letter in Galatians 6:11-18. In the midst of that finale, he writes in verses 12-14: 12 As many as desire to make […]
The Most Important Problem: Part 1 of 4 in The Most Important Message Gospel series of Gospel videos
The Most Important Problem is part 1 of 4 in a series of videos explaining the gospel of Jesus Christ. The series is entitled “The Most Important Message,” and it is designed to help the huge numbers of people in this day who never read anything but watch videos. It is designed to clearly preach […]
Open Mindedness: Relatively New In History — Why?
I don’t know when it was that I first heard the English terminology, “open-minded.” I searched and found it first in English literature in 1808 in a book titled, Solitude, by Johann Georg Zimmermann originally in Dutch (Über die Einsamkeit) with the following English translation: How frequently do we observe, even in persons of rank and […]
Darkness Hating Light Practices a Kind of Separation Different Than What God Requires
Separation occurs for many reasons. Thirteen men pick up ten players to run full court basketball with three left on the sidelines. Susie is socially awkward so she isn’t invited to the party. No one asks Dan to sign their yearbook. Forty seven play, but only five finalists are chosen for the concerto competition. Less […]
Evan Roberts & the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905: Visions, Voices, and Hysteria, Part 5 of 22
The content of this post is now available in the study of: 1.) Evan Roberts 2.) The Welsh Revival of 1904-1905 3.) Jessie Penn-Lewis on the faithsaves.net website. Please click on the people above to view the study. On the FaithSaves website the PDF files may be easiest to read. You are also encouraged […]
2 John 7-11: Case Study or Comprehensive?
Between truth and hospitality, truth is the priority. Hospitality is essentially unity. You are welcoming. Come on in. Be with us. Stay with us. Cooperate with us. Associate with us. You can’t have love without the truth. Love is the truth. Love is walking in the truth toward God and other people. It is fulfilling […]
Ann Taylor, Wear the Pants Campaign: The World Gets It, Just Like It Gets Rock Music
I don’t know women’s clothing brands, but a friend texted this ad. The world knows what pants mean, just like Dockers in its “Wear the Pants” campaign in 2009. The only people who deny that pants mean anything are professing Christians. Pants are the male symbol, just like the skirt or dress is female. The […]
Modest & Gender Distinct Swimwear
Not that long ago, my wife and I had the opportunity to visit Jamaica, where we enjoyed the beauty of God’s creation and were refreshed in the middle of our long Wisconsin winter. We recognize that there is no basis whatsoever for saying that God’s standards of modesty change when one is near a body […]
God-Given Rights: A Crucial Denial of a Foundation of Conservatism at National Review
At National Review, a self-professing bastion of conservatism, Jonah Goldberg, one of its most well known, talented, and prominent contributors, writes of the Suicide of the West, beginning with these two paragraphs: Let’s begin with some somewhat unusual assertions for these pages. Capitalism is unnatural. Democracy is unnatural. Human rights are unnatural. God didn’t give […]