Category: Musings

Musings

Christians and government

Having just taught 1 Peter 2:11-25 which includes instruction on the believer’s submission to government and authorities, I found this post to be a good summer–and perhaps a helpful tool–to cause us to question. Good Thinking Often Requires Making Good Distinctions Do you believe in civil disobedience–and if so, under what circumstances? In The Love …

Musings

In Blogosphere

Worth reading A brief history of Evangelicalism and its current situation: collapse and Calvinism. An in depth analysis of Bart Ehrman’s latest book, Jesus, Interrupted.  Part 1, Part 2. A nice response to Ehrman and others, watch this Day of Discovery 8 part video series–Jesus: Man, Messiah or more?  If nothing else, this Easter season, …

Bible Study, Musings

The Lord: Resurrection

Our glorious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for wages of our sin.  His resurrection from death is proof His is who He said He was–God.  His resurrection is our guarantee that God the Father accepted His payment for our penalty.  We of all people we are most blessed! His …

Musings

The Savior: Sacrifice

The Lord Jesus Christ, the true God-Man came to earth to reveal the Father, to be an example to man of righteous living, to sympathize with man’s problems–but most significantly, He came to die.  Without His death, His life doesn’t make sense. We were under the death penalty.  We deserved to die.  He became our …