Not The Same Disagreements arise all the time in every aspect of life. We all have different life experiences which, if shared, would also be interpreted differently depending upon our natural temperaments. If we demand perfect agreement on all things than we cannot hope to get along. As I wrote in another post, unity is…
Month: March 2025
Governed Governors
Government is Good With all the corruption which can occur when power is consolidated to a few people/offices, it can be easy to think of government authority as a “necessary evil” (at best). In fact, many in Christian circles have associated the very idea of government authority to the rings from Lord of the Rings….
Forgotten Blood
Sacrifices The book of Leviticus contains rules regarding how the priests were to participate in the ritual life of the tabernacle (and later the temple). Many have expressed how they have trouble reading through this book because it’s a list of rules. While “rules” may accurately summarize this book, so does “death”. Death was constantly…
Jesus’s Wrath
Not a Carebear I have already addressed this topic, some years ago, in another post. However, it strikes me again and again how pervasive the “gospel of nice” is in the modern church. In this belief, which has deeply infiltrated the church, there is a counterfeit Jesus who, rather than being the Lord of Lords…