Fatherly Authority Eli was a man responsible for the priesthood as the age of judges was ending and had two sons who were regularly up to no good. In fact, though serving as priests, they didn’t have an regard for God at all. They would take more than the priest’s share of sacrifices and were…
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Count the Cost
Dishonest Conversion There is a serious issue in the church today as it pertains to our relationship to the world. Instead of giving the good news as it is and understanding that for those who are perishing it will be the stench of death (2 Corinthians 2:16), many are trying to find way to soften…
Obtaining Good
All Good From God The language of “blessing” has fallen out of popular usage. We tend to use terms like “human flourishing” or even “luck” to describe when a person receives good things. However, scripture is clear that every good thing is a blessing from God. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from…
Source Of Justice
Man Is Not Last week, I wrote about how judges must be careful to neither justify the wicked nor wrongly accuse the righteous. To continue that topic today, I’ll be discussing where those who do seek after justice should ultimately not trust in the wisdom of men, but only in God, to deliver that justice….
Narrow Justice
Abomination As God instructs Israel in how they would live, he often spoke to them of things which “ought not to be done”. However, sometimes he would inform them of something particularly abominable to him that they absolutely were to understand he would not tolerate. This post will be reviewing one such case found in…
Wicked Compliance
The False Teachers In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he dealt with Judiazers who had crept into the church and were insisting that Christians must follow all ceremonial requirements of the Levitical order to be saved. Gentile Christians were being told they must perform the rites of circumcision, observe the dietary restrictions, and practice all…
Ignore Insults
Prudent Indifference Usually, an attitude of indifference will get you in a lot of trouble in the long run. Ignore problems with your car and you may find yourself broke down on the side of the road with far more costly repairs on the way. Ignore work that you need to get done and the…
Masculine Love
Strength Is Needed When people feel relatively safe and comfortable, it can be easy to fail to appreciate the value of strength. Given enough time those who are weak begin to see strength as a threat. Women view masculinity as wrong. Weak men view strong men as dangerous. The strong are villainized even when doing…
Persistent Few
Unrighteous Judge In Luke 18, we have a recording of Jesus telling a parable. In this parable, there is a crooked judge who doesn’t value justice at all. However, through the persistent badgering of a widow who was wronged, he was convinced to give her justice anyway. Not because he cared about doing well, but…
Never Satisfied
Jesus and John John came to prepare the way for the Christ. His mission was to prepare people to understand their need to be washed of their sins and become a new creation. This is why John was known as the Baptizer. His object lesson of the spiritual renewal that Jesus would bring was central…