A friend sent me a link to a “church of Christ Sound Congregation finder!” Facebook group (as of March 6, 2023, it has 2,860 members). As its name indicates, the page was formed as a way to find churches which are “sound” (meaning correct). Its “About” page has reads as follows: This page is dedicated…
This phrase recently caught my attention: “God is easy to please and hard to satisfy.” How does that strike you? Some picture God as the unsmiling coach who chides his team after winning a game, “You made mistakes; be at practice first thing in the morning so I can whip you into what you ought…
I realize not everyone geeks out on the history of bible versions, but it completely fascinates me to think about the stories of the translators, their motives and drives, their courage and faithfulness, their devotion and dedication. Frankly, it’s humbling. In the words below, I share some fruit of my investigations into the story of…
Your Bible you use today probably cost less than $50. That’s about the cost of a single meal on the town with my family of six. And you can read God’s holy, sufficient, powerful word for that low price! God’s word in the English language was not always so accessible. The translation of the Bible…
Almost anyone in my generation immediately flashes back to Luke Skywalker’s harrowing flight over the surface of the Death Star. He is sweating bullets as he makes his way towards the tiny two-foot target at which he’ll only get one shot. At this most pressing moment, the voice of his dead mentor, Obi Wan, comes…
While many readers of the King James Version faithfully and doggedly defend that version as the perfect translation, we must point out that language changes over time. The King James Version was written for the common man of 1611 England, not for the common man of 2023 England (or anywhere else on earth), and readers…
If you are not a Christian, you do not know the Holy Spirit, nor can you know him (John 14.17). He belongs to the children of God. “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because…
Classical education was banished from our public schools years ago, but some private schools and homeschools continue to tenaciously hang onto it because it is a time-proven method of bringing up a well-educated child. The classical model revolves around the natural growth of children, honoring the stages of understanding and ability through which children progress….
If you are blind and deaf, you may not have heard of gender equality. Feminism has pounded, pushed, and peppered several generations now with its gospel of women’s equality, claiming the patriarchy has kept women from their true potential while men hog all the authority, all the fun, and all the glory. Is their main…
Socialism seeks to divide people in to “haves” and “have nots.” Socialistic policies attempt to take resources from the “haves” and redistribute them in some way to the “have nots.” Said another way, socialistic laws seek to transfer wealth from the “privileged” to the “underprivileged” or “marginalized.” This has been going on for years. If…