The Present Challenge Resisting Obergefell Respects the Rule of Law Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. —Frederick Douglass1— Part 1 is available here. Last time we examined the Supreme Court’s decision in the 1857 Dred Scott case […]
Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words and kind deeds. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1,2 — Born in Leominster, Massachusetts on September 26, 1774, John Chapman, better known […]
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. —Proverbs 14:12; 16:25— Repentance means taking a U-turn. Repentance is a tough sell. For one thing, all people need to hear and heed the call to repent, but only a handful actually do. For another, the message […]
Jesus came to earth to save sinners. The statement is so common to our ears, it is easy to miss its significance. Save means to “rescue from imminent danger.” Jesus came to rescue us because we were in danger. What was the danger? What was Jesus rescuing from? Here is the answer. Jesus did not come to […]
Unmasking the Oppressive Nature and the Perils of Radical Autonomy The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; The fear of the […]
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. —Thomas Jefferson— Key point: Without consciences, leftists can’t recognize or respect the consciences of others. Yet they are intimidated by people […]
It is hard for you to kick against the goads. —Jesus, in confronting Saul, who later would become the apostle Paul— We live in a crazy, mixed-up world, one in which people are denying reality at every turn. Here’s a recent example. It comes from a Washington Post story titled, A trans woman undressed in a spa. […]
[It wasn’t that many decades ago in the United States that] everyone would have been working [and thinking] on much the same presupposition, which in practice seemed to accord with the Christian’s own presuppositions. This was true both in the area of epistemology and methodology.…What were these presuppositions? The basic one was that there really […]
Some years ago I was speaking at Ohio State University. And I was taken to see the Wexner Center of the Arts. They wanted me to see it, and I wondered why. And when I walked into that building I said, “What is this building all about?” There are staircases that go nowhere. There are […]
If words aren’t worth fighting for, what on earth would be? —G. K. Chesterton— If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have […]
Upholding Absolute Truth in a Relativistic Age Introducing the Bible study “Could Jesus Have Been a Good Teacher Without Being God?” “Who do men say that I am?” —Jesus to His disciples in Mark 8:27— Key points: When a growing number of people who claim to be Christians are confused about who Jesus is, the […]
It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. —Patrick Henry— The “little man,” the private citizen, can at any time stand up and, on the basis of biblical teaching, say that the majority is wrong. —Francis A. Schaeffer— Key point: Perhaps the most effective weapon against tyranny is the biblical concept of […]
There are three ways to come to know or understand reality. These are experience, reason, and revelation. As a boy, if I touched a bright red element on an electric stove, I would jerk my hand back in pain. I would have learned through experience not to touch it. If I saw my brother Tom […]
Seven Trends that Will Challenge Bible-Believing Christians in 2020 and Beyond It’s hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic. —Vance Havner— Key point: To effectively oppose the evil occurring around us, we must know and understand what really is occurring. We must see with spiritual eyes, from the standpoint of a biblical worldview. […]
This post consists of a compilation of 16 quotes from Word Foundations articles written in 2015 and the first half of 2016. If we lose [the definition of] marriage, we lose an image that helps people understand why Christ died. While we cannot expect non-Christians to act as Christians, neither can we ignore the fact […]
This post consists of a compilation of 16 quotes from Word Foundations articles written from late August, 2015 to late July, 2016. Part 1 is available here. The natural world gives us a window into the unchanging nature of God and therefore the unchanging nature of morality—right and wrong. Truth is like the law of […]
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