New Life in an Old Prayer?
Luther called the Lord’s Prayer the greatest martyr, because it is so tortured and abused
J. C. Ryle commented: “Thousands who never read Bibles are familiar with it. It is often the first prayer that children learn. Yet it contains the germ of everything which the most advanced saint can desire. Happy would it be for the world if this prayer was as well known in the spirit as it... Continue Reading
Where Sometimes Is Heard a Realistic Word
"I’m inclined to give a lot of credit for that to the Protestant innovations that came about in the century or so before liberalism began to develop as a theory of government"
“I tend not to find Catholic political thinking especially helpful for guiding us through the most fundamental problems of our time. One of those problems is how to conceive of a society that no longer shares a common culture — that’s “centerless,” as I’ve sometimes put it in my writing. Catholic thought always seems to... Continue Reading
The “Nones” and the “Buts”
In this post I want to focus on the group that is categorized as “religiously unaffiliated”
“The use of the category of “Nones” in surveys pertaining to religion should be replaced with “Buts”—that is a category for those who will say something like “I am Catholic, but…” The results of such surveys would be much more enlightening.” If one wants information on large numbers of people, it makes perfect sense... Continue Reading
The Curious Case of Psalm 37:3
What I found is that there is no consensus on the translation of the passage
“Ordinarily, the context will be sufficient to determine which of the two verbs is intended. But in Psalm 37:3, the context is sufficiently vague that it is not clear at first which verb might be intended.” Last Sunday morning in Sunday school, one of the verses we looked at was Psalm 37:3. I had... Continue Reading
The Failure of Winsomeness
The fact is, ours is a post-Christian society moving towards an anti-Christian one, when Christianity conflicts with secular orthodoxy.
Any churches that remain faithful to clear Biblical teaching about sexuality — gay or straight — and on the meaning of marriage and the human person, will be increasingly anathematized in this country. And those that compromise will, in time, fade to nothingness, as the ongoing unwinding of the Mainline Protestant churches demonstrates. This... Continue Reading
A Teachability Refresher
Why we need to maintain a humble, teachable demeanor
Reproof is not merely for conviction’s sake. Conviction is always for completion. The goal here is that a teachable spirit would please God as he, by the Holy Spirit and through others, brings our character and doctrine closer and closer to Jesus Christ. From work, to education, to recreation, much of our lives revolve... Continue Reading
The Ten Commandments as God’s Moral Law
Dismissing the Ten Commandments as a guide to Christian living alarms me greatly
In addressing this concern, I would like to offer four arguments for why the Ten Commandments should be seen as separate and distinct from the other rules and regulations of the Mosaic economy, and why the Ten Commandments do set forth the universally binding moral law of God that is intended to serve as a... Continue Reading
The Man Who Could Redefine Marriage
In many ways, tragically, the future of marriage resides in the hands of this one man, Anthony Kennedy. It should not be.
Anthony Kennedy led the majority with this breathtaking proclamation: “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.”… Of course, in truth, this is plainly not the Christian/Catholic understanding of liberty. What Kennedy and allies expressed is... Continue Reading
Pompous and Pathetic
As Moses grew in godly character, he proved to be a humble man.
According to God’s own review, Moses was the meekest man on the planet. And gloriously, when his days of earthly toil and ministry were completed, God took him home to reign with him on high until the New Heavens and New Earth are created. In the end, the meek Moses had it all, left it all, and received... Continue Reading
Losing My Religion For Equality
Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God.
I am also familiar with vivid descriptions in the same Scriptures in which women are revered as pre-eminent leaders. During the years of the early Christian church women served as deacons, priests, bishops, apostles, teachers and prophets. It wasn’t until the fourth century that dominant Christian leaders, all men, twisted and distorted Holy Scriptures to... Continue Reading
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