The Amnon and Tamar Story
God had cursed David for his sin with Bathsheba. The curse is spelled out in 2 Samuel 12:10-15. In the next chapter we see the ugly blossom of the curse in David’s life. Not surprisingly, sin produces sin in its…
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Depravity and Deliverance
Our lives are filled with “but God” moments. Perhaps it was an addiction in which we were ensnared, but God delivered us. Maybe it was a place where we almost compromised our purity, but God restrained us. We may have…
The order of Salvation: Adoption
Justification is not the gospel in its entirety. It was not enough for God to only justify us in Christ. He has also insisted on adopting us in Christ: “In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons…
Bruce Jenner, Transvestism, and Republicans: There is Nothing to Party About!
According to John Gill, ancient heathen soldiers who deserted their armies were forced to walk around in the marketplace dressed like women to be a humiliating punishment.[1] Nowadays, every June, men proudly prance down their American Main Street catwalks flouncing…
Pride: A Christian Response
In 2011, then 63-year-old Italian History Professor Roberto De Mattei made the following statement about the decline of Rome: “The collapse of the Roman Empire and the arrival of the Barbarians was due to the spread of homosexuality… The Roman…
Romans 8: The Quandary
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not…
Christians Must Protest Pride Parades and Their Violent, Sodom-like, Riotous Stonewall Origin
During this month, as the LGBTQ+ community annually parades its banner colors they blasphemously hijack from God’s noahic covenant,[1] Christians will benefit revisiting Genesis 19:1-25[2] (as Carl Trueman has recently called for such posts in this World Magazine article). Here,…
Rebellion Month
Over the last several years, some in the church have argued that a person may be oriented toward homosexuality but not act on the inclination or tendency. That may or may not be the case. However, the burden of this…
Medieval Christian Brides
Medieval Christian Brides The biblical rule of not marrying unbelievers wasn’t always binding in the first centuries of Christianity, especially when it came to the nobility. Priority was given to political concerns and family alliances. And, at a time…
Transgender or Pretendgender?
I have fond memories of growing up in my neighborhood. I was raised in a little country town with one stop light. My friends and I played cops and robbers and the only girl in the neighborhood was as tough…