Jesus Himself indicated it isn’t malleable when He affirmed it as part of God’s design “from the beginning.” Moreover, He emphasized that marriage is, and has always been, between one man and one woman. [N]otice what Mark 10:6 says. It says: “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’” He’s saying […]
Marriage is malleable only if God is subject to change. He isn’t. Behold, the institution of marriage! It is one of the Creator’s most marvelous and enduring gifts to humankind. This divine plan was revealed to Adam and Evening the Garden of Eden and then described succinctly in Genesis 2:24, where we read, “Therefore shall […]
What are liberty’s essential underpinnings? Despite their flaws, America’s Founders knew, and they risked their lives to uphold them. The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity. —John Adams— Key points: With Independence Day just over six weeks away, now is a great time to learn about […]
Abortion does not kill a potential human being. It kills a human being with great potential. —Elizabeth Johnston— If there are no penalties for a mother who aborts her child, then abortion is still legal. Therefore, if you want no penalties for mothers who abort their baby, then you want abortion to be legal. —Matt […]
Today, June 6, 2022, is the 78th anniversary of D-Day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the 75th anniversary of D-day in 2019, CBS News aired these two reports. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of my favorite radio broadcasts from D-day is this one from NBC. It’s titled Cross Country Reaction to D-Day. It aired 9:00 p.m. Eastern War Time (DST) on June […]
Kyle Whitt: Sexual abuse in the SBC is not systemic, and the recently released report from Guidepost Solutions proves it: Epilogue Unmasking the Social Justice Underpinnings of the Apparent Assumptions of Current SBC Leaders The SBC is super corrupt and needs to be investigated on that. [The Sexual Abuse Task Force report] punched right, didn’t punch […]
Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us. —John C. Maxwell— Key point: Well-meaning Christians would be a great deal more effective for the kingdom of God if they were as shrewd as they are well-meaning. You can access all the articles in this series here. A streamlined version of this article […]
We’re still a very long way from where we were when this nation was founded, but today we’re closer to that place than we’ve been in many years. Our Founders recognized that both that 1) God is the author of life and that 2) government has a duty to protect it. That includes state governments […]
Dr. Mark Coppenger Addresses the Southern Baptist Convention [W]hen you make feelings the gold standard of reality, there is no limit to what can be said without fear of rebuke. —Mark Coppenger— Key point: It is no coincidence that as the SBC has moved away from practicing biblical justice and toward practicing and advocating social justice […]
and How the Founders’ Understanding of it Eventually Put and End to Slavery We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —The United States Declaration of Independence and […]
and how the biblical concept upholds it The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy. —Benjamin […]
[In 1644,] Samuel Rutherford penned his classic work Lex Rex , arguing that the written law stands above the king, and when the king strays, his actions are unjust and may be resisted, indeed must be resisted. Rutherford was the inspiration for the twentieth-century theologian Francis Schaeffer, who claimed in his Christian Manifesto that “at […]
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest. —Calvin Coolidge— Key points: Americans can […]
[H]umanism has no final way of saying certain things are right and other things are wrong. For a humanist, the final thing which exists—that is, the impersonal universe—is neutral and silent about right and wrong, cruelty and non-cruelty. Humanism has no way to provide absolutes. Thus, as a consistent result of humanism’s position, humanism in […]
It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it. —Vance Havner— Key point: The world needs to hear God’s truth, unvarnished. As Christians, we have a responsibility and the authority to share it, both to honor […]
To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father’s has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association — the guarantee to every one of a […]
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