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Don’t Argue with God
I’ve seen countless efforts to identify where in the matrix of our human behavior we become culpable before God. All of it assumes an existing objective standard of right and wrong separate from God’s Person. Thus, should God blame someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Bathsheba, divine election, false guilt, King David, psychology, sin, Uriah the Hittite
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Official Evil
Several times I’ve taken the position that sexual assault of children is not the ultimate crime some make it out to be. Not that it isn’t evil, but that it does not warrant the hysteria it usually gets, particularly in … Continue reading
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Tagged human sexuality, oppression, pedophilia, sexual perversion, sin
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Some Spiritual Warfare HOWTO
Priority One: Keep in the forefront of your consciousness that it’s all about God’s glory. That’s the root cause, and final end, of everything that matters in this world. The primary objective of spiritual warfare is killing your fleshly nature. … Continue reading
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Tagged blasphemy, christian mysticism, convictions, curses and blessings, faith, heart-led, prayer request, Satan, sin
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Don’t Hesitate to Slice
It’s a very old truth, cited in ancient sources: Evil will call your bluff and try to wear down the righteous. Righteous men seek to be merciful, and evil seeks to exploit this. There is a very real difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged ahab and jezebel, Bible History, divine justice, Elijah, Elisha, faith, feudalism, idolatry, Joshua, King David, moral dominion, sin, the Flaming Sword, The sovereignty of God
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Law of Moses — 2 Samuel 12:1-25
We skip over some of the highs and lows of David’s regal manner to look at something that reveals a lot about how the Covenant worked. David should have gone to the field with his army. If the battle didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged King David, King Solomon, Law of Moses, sin
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The Bible on Child Sexual Abuse
Nobody’s telling you what to think, but I wanted to share the biblical viewpoint, in contrast to the common American viewpoint, on child sexual abuse. It is a sin — but not for the reasons most Americans assume. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged child trafficking, human sexuality, law, sin, The Bible, western civilization
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Military Suicide Epidemic
Military suicide is a far bigger epidemic than COVID-19 right now. First off, the Bible doesn’t look at suicide the way Westerners do. This life isn’t precious, so suicide isn’t always a tragedy; it isn’t always meaningless. What’s a tragedy … Continue reading
Start with Me (Reprise)
We all have gifts and assets from God. If your gifts are noticeable by the world at large, you will be tempted to use them according to worldly values. The greater any of those gifts are by the world’s estimation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden of Eden, God's wrath, Humility, mortality, self denial, sin, the Flaming Sword, worldliness
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Celebrate His Wrath
The Lord hasn’t allowed me to see anything like a timetable. Still, what I do see is that the US is on the verge of some kind of economic collapse. That will eventually provoke a social and political chaos we … Continue reading
Radix Fidem Curriculum: The Fall and Consequences
2. The Fall and Consequences We weren’t designed for this world, as it now exists. The Bible refers to our fallen condition as the Curse. Creation itself, in particular the natural world around us, is not fallen, but we are. … Continue reading