Wifely Submission
Just a few things that I really think it’s important that people think of when looking at this issue. One thing I’ve recently learned that adds a whole new dimension to what I’m going to say about submission is that God’s purpose for marriage was companionship. Not procreation, not sexual gratification, but companionship. God looked […]
Virtue vs. Vice
The Seven Cardinal Virtues 1. Courage 2. Purity 3. Humility 4. Honesty 5. Diligence 6. Charity 7. Fidelity The Seven Deadly Sins 1. Vanity (Pride) 2. Envy 3. Gluttony 4. Lust 5. Wrath (Anger) 6. Avarice (Greed, Covetousness) 7. Sloth So what? Well, I find that most good literature pits virtue against vice. If you […]
Misconceptions About Jesus
Jesus was not … Long-haired. Jesus would have had short hair, a beard, and possibly long sidelocks. The confusion comes, I think, from a confusion of Nazarene (which Jesus was) and Nazirite (which He wasn’t). A Nazarene is a person who comes from Nazareth, a city in Israel. A Nazirite is a person who has […]
The Story of Pandora and the Box
Pandora was the first woman made, presented to Epimetheus in the guise of a gift from Zeus. Her name, Pandora, is Greek for “all gifts,” and was given her because she was created by the gods, and all of them had contributed to her beauty and accomplishment. She was complete in every way, right down […]
Five Hymns That Make Me Cry
I love hymns. The old ones that are full of doctrine and truth. There is something about “the oldies of the faith” that can comfort, encourage, and heal in ways that the newer worship music simply doesn’t touch me. But there are a few hymns that I tend to avoid, though I love the message […]
Can Man Understand God? What Is Understanding?
Man cannot “understand” God because man is a finite being, rooted in space and time, whereas God is an infinite being, one whom space and time do not limit. Asking man to “understand” God is like asking your dog to understand mathematics. While the dog might be able to distinguish that two claps means “sit” […]
Are You on God’s Cash or Credit System?
When I was younger and would become upset when people who did wrong got away with it—or worse, got promoted or rewarded for it—-my mom told me about God’s accounting system. It’s sometimes a comfort to me to think on this concept, as it explains why I seem never to be able to get away […]
The Blasted Fig Tree
There’s a lot of debate about this story in Jesus’s life. Some say it shows Jesus getting seriously irked by an inanimate object that had no reason to have figs on it, since it wasn’t fig season; therefore, Jesus was just a man who got mad for no good reason—clearly refuting any claims of divinity. […]
The World Has Lost a Great Man Today
I am deeply saddened to learn that Dr. Adrian Rogers, Pastor Emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, has left this world, but I rejoice to know that he is in the presence of the Lord and Saviour whom he loved so dearly. When I was a young child, we attended Bellevue Baptist Church — that […]
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