The Pharisees once asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” Jesus answered their question. He described what was “lawful” in marriage by citing God’s original design of marriage, which was one man + one woman for life (Matthew 19:3-6, see also Genesis 2:24). Jesus did not say man + man […]
By now, hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are quite familiar with the “Caitlyn” (formerly “Bruce”) Jenner transformation story. There was so much interest in the story that it quickly achieved the coveted #1 search status on Google’s search engine. This is actually a sad testament to the current state of American culture.
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There are some areas in life where compromise is a good and commendable thing. Family members may compromise over which restaurant to eat, which movie to watch, or where to go on summer vacation. Business partners may compromise over which direction to take their company. In matters where there is no absolute standard of right
The past few weeks have seen several tragedies, both natural and man-caused. The April 25th Nepal earthquake and subsequent tremors have killed over 8000 people. Some in this country were recently killed by tornados. Several were killed this week in an Amtrak train derailment. ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups continue to slay dozens every
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The Baltimore riots of this past week are another reminder of the problems that our society continues to face. Respectful, non-violent protestation can be a good and effective means of identifying and condemning wrongs and injustices. God actually instructs us to give peaceful protest against those things that He deems to be sinful and wrong:
I am sure that many of our readers are familiar with the latest atrocity committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – the burning alive of a captured Jordanian pilot. Some of you may have seen the video of this killing that ISIS posted to the internet and has been reported on by
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Progressives continue to criticize Clint Eastwood’s movie tribute to Chris Kyle (American Sniper). They don’t like Eastwood’s depiction of Chris Kyle as a patriot, they despise the phenomenal financial success of the movie and they don’t like the negative portrayal of Islamic militants. Most leftists cannot bear the thought of a pro-American war movie being this popular.
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This lesson was presented on the radio on December 28, 2014. Does It Matter? To listen, simply click on the link and the file should start playing automatically. To download the file to your computer, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) and select the option to save the file.
This lesson was presented on the radio on December 21, 2014. Christmas and the Social Gospel To listen, simply click on the link and the file should start playing automatically. To download the file to your computer, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) and select the option to save the file.
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This lesson was presented on the radio on December 14, 2014. Origins To listen, simply click on the link and the file should start playing automatically. To download the file to your computer, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) and select the option to save the file.
