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Biblical truth standing on its spiritual head to get our eternal attention.

2 Peter 1:5-7 – A Most Difficult Virtue

| April 17, 2010

It appears that there is a virtue that is very difficult to obtain and retain while acquiring other equally needed virtues. That is part of the paradox of this spiritual quality. It is needed to attain other qualities, but those other qualities might remove the foundational virtue and thereby remove the added ones also. Maybe [...]

Matthew 7:15-20 – False Prophets

| February 22, 2010

The “false prophets” of Matthew 7:15 are “inwardly ravenous wolves” (Ezekiel 22:27; Zephaniah 3:3). That says something about their intentions. They were obviously not sincere. The “sheep’s clothing” (5:15) is a ruse to deceive that eventually will be seen as a disguise revealed by their works. You can fool people for only so long. Twice [...]

Romans 6:16-20 – I Am A Slave

| January 2, 2010

My ancestors were slaves.  Taken from their home country, they were delivered to their new master.  Their children became slaves, and their children’s children became slaves. I am white.  No, the few words above are not about white slavery, or black slavery, or any other kind of racial or nationalistic slavery.  The few words above [...]

Proverbs 1:2-7 – The Importance of a Godly Education

| October 13, 2009

What is the importance of a Christian education?  As Christians we need a “Christian education.”  As Christian parents we should strive to teach our children what we have learned from our studies.  And as parents we should also emphasize the importance of getting our children to Bible Classes and to church services so that they [...]

2 Peter 2:18-20 – Enslaved Freedom

| September 15, 2009

Should I call this concept “Free Slavery” or “Enslaved Freedom?”  The oxymoronic aspect is immediately obvious.  Sadly, what it describes is not so obvious, nor so immediate.  The text which describes this uneasy alignment is found in 2 Peter 2:18-20 HCSB  For uttering bombastic, empty words, they seduce, by fleshly desires and debauchery, people who [...]

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