Reason for So-Called “Genocide,” God’s Commanding Israel to Utterly Destroy Canaanites: Separation unto Godliness
In a short debate I posted a few days ago, the late Christopher Hitchens attacks God, the Old Testament, and Christianity by saying, “There is no commandment saying that parents are to be nice to their children. Why is this? Because in the next chapter, the so-called children of this terrifying God, who exacts compulsory […]
Straining at Gnats, Rearranging Deck Chairs, Fiddling While Rome Burns, and Trading Your Birthright for a Mess of Pottage
Can you agree that life is seventy to a hundred years, sometime less and very seldom more, and it goes by fast? We know it goes by exactly sixty seconds a minute, but the point is what James wrote: life is a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. On the […]
Dealing with Typical Atheist Arguments Against God As Represented by the Late Christopher Hitchens
At one point about a decade ago, before he died at age 62 of esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens was included in a group of atheists titled, the four horsemen, ironically after the characters in Revelation 6. They were also associated with what was termed, new atheism, still around today. Hitchens had written a book, God Is Not Great, mainly a […]
The Tragedy of Young Women Taking Their Clothes Off in Public
One of the earliest moments of the whole Bible is God clothing the man and woman with a modest garment as opposed to nudity and their fig leaves. Their coats God made are a Hebrew word for tunic all the way to the floor and long sleeves. This is the same word used to describe […]
Is Piercing One’s Self or Having One’s Self Pierced Compatible with God?
In the history of the world and then the more specific history of the United States, new beliefs and practice begin that differ from what was previously believed and practiced. Those beliefs and practices are either corrections or improvements to what was previously occurring or they are perversions, corruptions, or deterioration to or from what […]
Gender-Neutral Language in Bible Translation is Unscriptural
Many modern Bible versions employ what they call “gender neutral” language. So, for example, the Authorized, King James Version of John 1:9 reads: John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. by way of contrast, the New International Version reads: John 1:9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into […]
Leviticus 10:8-11 and Its Conformity to the Two Wine View
It’s obvious in scripture that some wine is permissible to drink and other is not. This relates to alcohol. Scripture prohibits alcohol (Proverbs 23:29-35). However, all wine and strong drink is prohibited to the priesthood in the performance of their duties. I’m reading through the Bible twice this year and moving through it the first […]
Luther and Zwingle on the Lord’s Supper, part 1 of 4
What are the differences between the Lutheran and Reformed positions on the Lord’s Supper? Do you know? If you talk to Lutherans or people influenced by the Calvinist wing of the reformation, you should. I would also commend to you the pamphlets Bible Truths for Lutheran Friends and The Reformed Doctrine of Salvation to give to Lutherans and Reformed people to whom […]
What Is It To Be a Witness? “Ye Shall Be Witnesses”
In the first eleven verses of Acts, the Lord Jesus Christ appears for the last time on earth until He reappears in the book of Revelation. That section is a transition between the gospels and the rest of Acts. Acts goes along with Luke like one big book of the Bible with two huge halves. […]
The Capitol Hill Chaos: Votes Canceled and Voices Censored Equal Violent Circumstances
The founders declared, “No taxation without representation,” as a clarion theme leading to revolution. No representation meant no vote and no voice, which lead to violent circumstances. Two systems of justice existed, one on English soil and another in the American colonies, so mobs terrified the stamp tax agents, leading to its repeal, then triggered […]