"Come out of her, My people," says the Lord. This is an oft-spoken word from Heaven. We find it first among the prophets. Isaiah, in 52:11, warns Israel to come out of Babylon, for Babylon is about to be destroyed. Babylonia, under Nebuchadnezzar,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Okay old-timers, listen up. I'm speaking to people 95 and above, with a few young whipper-snappers in there too, like me. I'm only 75, but I "get it" when you talk about some of the music in the church. Here's the deal. Growing up, my church,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Popes have quite often taken their office a bit too seriously. To put the case mildly. Our present Pope (well, not mine, and probably not yours. But the one reigning in Rome at present...) tells us that the 2,000-year history of the wording of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Remember the old song, "tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder, why it should be thus all the day long..." Tempted and tried? Tempted or tried? Which is it? Is temptation the same as testing? Is one a subset of the other? Do we really receive...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For some, believing that Jesus was a true man is nearly unthinkable. They reason, for Jesus to be fully human, He would have had to inherit our human nature. Our nature is sinful. Therefore Jesus did not inherit a fully human nature. Therefore...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There have been many attempts throughout the church's history to understand the nature of our Savior. Who can fathom a God become man, after all? Nevertheless, definitions based on Scripture have surfaced and stayed with us, and we are duty bound...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
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Silence still reigns over my last question. Oh well. Let me try another. And i realize up front that this can be considered a surface matter, not a matter of the heart. Not a matter of one's salvation. Not a huge doctrinal issue. I get it. But...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I put a question out to my facebook friends the other day. It was about semi-nakedness at the public beach. Not about the world's practices, but about ours. I normally get some kind of response to the things I bring up over there. All my friends...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
