Is it hypocritical for Evangelicals to passionately advocate the sanctity of life in the womb and simultaneously support the state sponsored taking of a human life? I have personally known many a people, to include several professing Evangelicals, who would take such a position. I have personally witnessed Evangelicals bombastically attempt to point out… Continue Reading
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men (Matt. 5:13). Thiswell-known and oft-quoted verse from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is the locus of my blog article… Continue Reading
Knowledge will give you power, but Character respect (Bruce Lee) People are interested by talent. God is impressed by Character (Rick Warren) Character is doing the right thing when no one is looking (J.C. Watts) Talent is a gift, but Character is a choice (John Maxwell) Character is what you are in the dark (D.L.… Continue Reading
Unfortunately, there is a gross misunderstanding concerning the theological doctrine of Providence. Though Providence shares many of the same components as Election, there remains a stark difference between the two doctrines. Election deals primarily, though not exclusively, with the doctrine of soteriology (doctrine of salvation). One prime example of Election is when God chose the… Continue Reading
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. (Matthew 5:13) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify… Continue Reading
Evangelicals and Discipline For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11) When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. 21 But… Continue Reading
To keep gospel truth in the church is even of greater importance than to keep peace . . . The Apostle Paul valued unity very greatly as we know, but here he runs the risk of all the consequences that follow . . . Why? Because he dreaded false doctrine. He feared the loss of… Continue Reading
My Country, Right Or Wrong, My Country! We are witnessing the retardation of language as an effective means of communication right before our very eyes. Much of this degradation is due to poor employment of critical thinking. The average advocate of an ideology only does so by parroting the rhetoric of their favorite talking head.… Continue Reading
Many of you will know me as a man given to passion. I hold this truth to be one of my best assets among many (insert humor [partly]). I am passionate about several things. Most of them typical of Western masculinity. They include sports and politics. As a committed Evangelical, my #1 passion is my… Continue Reading
This week I am blessed to write and publish two blog posts. I will seek to be economical in my words with this post, so wish me well. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito caused a national stir with his speech at a recent meeting of the Federal Society (see note below). Justice Alito was the… Continue Reading
A follower gently corrected me in my last post, so I dare not commit the same faux pas this time and refer to Joseph Biden as the President-Elect. Instead, I will refer to him as the presumptive POTUS, based on the votes cast in this year’s Presidential election. Now, with that technicality hopefully put to… Continue Reading
Like most children, my parents were fond of reciting ubitiquous statements. Parents must conspire to come up with these statements and dispense them repeatedly to their offspring. Expressions like “if ‘such and such’ jumps off the roof does that mean you will jump off the roof too” or “you do not believe fat meat is… Continue Reading
The right to freedom of expression is sacrosanct if a nation is to flourish. Whether it was Copernicus with the courage to speak about the scientific understanding about the geocentric model of Ptolemy that had prevailed for centuries, which had placed Earth at the center of the Universe or Martin Luther tenaciously speaking against the prevailing doctrinal malfeasance of… Continue Reading
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place. (Acts 17:26) It is only now that I truly realize the blessed conditions my brothers and I grew up in. I would not have… Continue Reading
