Leaving the Ninety-Nine In Luke 15, we have a series of parables Jesus told about how he had come to seek the lost. The first such parable concerns sheep. What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one…
Month: April 2024
Sincerely Wrong
The Coexist Movement In order to defend the apathy of our society toward matters which are most significant (topmost being man’s relationship with our creator), it is often claimed that it doesn’t matter what you believe about God as much as it does that you believe it sincerely. In this way, it is argued, Buddhists,…
Peace With God
Call To War In chapter 6 of the book of Judges, we are introduced to the story of Gideon. The Midianites had been marauding Israel to the point where Israelites were coming up with ways of hiding their food stocks. As many people are already familiar, God called Gideon to wage war on them in…
One With Authority
Shocking Power Jesus early ministry led him to the city of Capernaum. While there, he went to the synagogue to teach. While the audience there may have heard of him, they certainly wouldn’t have considered him a foremost authority in the synagogue. The religious leadership of that time was centralized in a council called the…