Traitors for Christ
As I continue my blessed journey through all 66 books in the Bible, I ran into what I thought could be a humorous example of why you want to make sure whether what you are reading is normative or descriptive. What is normative? Per my Mac’s dictionary: normative |ˈnôrmətiv| adjective formal establishing, relating to, or…
Just imagine you are Abimelech. A rich guy comes into your territory with a cute sister (although she had to be pretty old) and you take her for your wife. Win! However… But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the…
You were promised by God to Abraham. How do those words speak to your heart? Do they make it “jump for joy”? Doesn’t the idea that the Most High Himself spoke of you cause you excitement…at least a little bit? Or are you a bit incredulous and need hard “head” proof before you are going…
Taking one last look at Facebook last night, I came across this New Year’s wish from a friend: May the new year be better than the last!!!! And, dear reader, I do hope that is true for you and yours. However, when I first digested those words they came through as: May the new year…
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the…
There is an article worthy of a read from Megan McArdle about "Why [She Tries] Not to Write Bad Reviews." A key part of what she says: But that’s not actually the main reason I avoid it. The main reason I avoid the joys of snarky takedowns is that it’s not very good for you….
A new Twitter friend posted an article which showed that prayer had no effect on the success of heart bypass surgery (and that, actually, those who knew they were prayed for fared worse). For her consideration I shared my article, "A God that Does Not Want to Be Measured Will Not Be Measured." Although she…
It’s the time of year where on one hand some Christians bemoan “the war on Christmas” while on the other hand others insist it is a sin to celebrate the holiday. Ignoring the first concern (at least for now), is it okay for those who follow Jesus to celebrate Christmas? Instead of answering that directly,…
If you take the time to read (or listen) to my sermon from today, "Ya Got Trouble," then you'll agree that this article from August 31 (that I only saw today) is fitting: "If the Devil had to invent a game, it would be this one" It starts off like this: If the Devil had…
Here's something that probably won't surprise most men (or women)… "Brain scans find porn addiction" COMPULSIVE users of pornography show the same signs of addiction in their brain activity as alcoholics or drug addicts, a study has revealed. In the first research of its kind, scans showed that a central portion of the brain which…
There is someone on Twitter who I have grown to greatly appreciate (Evan Welcher). I feel like he and I have quite a bit in common thought-process wise, even if he is on the other side of the pond. He is suffering through something right now that is outside my experience. His "Resplendent Bride" is…
Before I loved the Lord I loved math…and one of the most difficult high school math courses I had dealt with logic and proofs. As such, it is also fair to say before I loved the Lord I loved logic. Which is good. Sound biblical interpretation and the formation of reliable doctrines require it. One…
I may cringe at some other things he has been quoted as saying, but… Admitting that he's never played a video game before, televangelist Pat Robertson said Friday morning that murdering someone online in a video game is no different than committing the act in real life. (From "Pat Robertson: 'Murdering someone in cyberspace' is…
As I continue reading through the New Testament this year, I recently ran into this: Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo…
I do not know this minister beyond what LIGHTNING ROD NYC PASTOR’S STUNNINGLY CONFRONTATIONAL SERMON ON TRAYVON MARTIN: ‘YOU SEE THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR BLACK EYES’ says (and it isn’t terribly positive), but he had a jarring reaction to the outcome of the Zimmerman trial: [Dr. James David Manning] urged his mostly black congregation to…