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Jun 17, 2013
Inclusio of Obedience in Romans…or Something More?
Romans is bracketed by a clear inclusio. Romans 1:5 …through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations…(ESV) Romans 16:26 …but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of... read more Jun 16, 2013
More Necessary for Us to Remain – Father’s Day Reflection
Every father is a pastor and a preacher. Every father is a shepherd. You are leading somebody to somewhere. You are teaching somebody about something. These are unavoidable. Even if you abdicate these responsibilities out of laziness and selfishness, you are still fulfilling them in some fallen, marred way. They follow you into the pit of cowardice. They learn the lesson of….whatever. And woe to... read more Jun 3, 2013
The Purpose of Food
What is the primary purpose of eating food? The common answer is that it keeps us alive. It gives us strength. Food certainly accomplishes this and more. But if that were the primary purpose, if that were the main reason we needed to eat, it seems there is a whole lot of wasteful abundance. God could have just made a pill that fulfilled all of our nutritional needs. Take once a day, and…that’s... read more Feb 19, 2013
Are all sins equal? (Or, Quench an Idol’s Thirst)
Every sin is against a holy God, and against Him only do we sin (Psalm 51:4). This, with the fact that we are all guilty and deserve death (Romans 6:23), can sometimes tempt us to flatten all offenses and treat them all as equal. After all, James 2:10-11 says that if you fail to keep the law in one point, you are accountable to the whole law. Jesus and the Pharisees One of the warnings given against any... read more Apr 5, 2012
Enough Substance
On a previous post, I talked about the real equality promoted by the Jubliee laws in the Old Covenant, which actually goes against a lot of socialist nonsense that these laws usually get hauled out to defend. The true meaning is that both the rich and poor in Israel depended on God totally for anything they had. It was a mercy that the poor had little, and it was a mercy that the rich had abundance.... read more
