Many are in a tizzy over Governor Jeff Landry’s signing of a new law mandating a poster-size copy of the Ten Commandments hang in every taxpayer-supported classroom. Opponents are melting down around the country, promising legal pushback. From an AP News article: “We’re worried about public school families and students in Louisiana… They come from…
Category: authority
Who Makes the Rules around Here?
They say we must keep the Christian God out of the public schools because it’s not fair to families of other faiths to teach just one God. After all, Christians would hate for Allah to be taught in school, right? They tell us to keep all gods out of the public school system and we…
Jesus Did Not Preach Diversity
Often, we believe lies because they have truth intermixed. Also, when culture continually drowns us in their worldview, we tend to slowly start to accept it—especially when it becomes dangerous to take an opposing position. “Diversity is our strength” has become the motto of our day, and Americans believe it because this country has been,…
What Part of “All Authority” Have We Not Understood?
Sometimes we seem to have a split personality as Christians, and we often do not think critically or logically about our faith. What do we really believe about our Lord Jesus Christ? When He says, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth,” how do we understand that? Do we think…
Does Government Have the Authority to Allow Abortion?
Have you heard France just enshrined the “right to abortion” in its constitution? NPR correspondent Eleanor Beardsley covered the story in her article “France makes history by enshrining abortion rights in its constitution”.[1] She says France made this move as a fearful response to the United States overturning Row v. Wade, which did not prohibit…
Feasting as Fellowship
In the 1950s and 60s, many churches of Christ experienced heavy teaching on what is permissible or not permissible to do in the building. This became a litmus test for a church’s “soundness” or “faithfulness” to Christ, and many churches split over these matters. The Reason for Debate After the meat is boiled off the…
“No Creed but the Bible”?
Merriam-Webster defines creed as “a statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith; a set of guiding principles or beliefs.” Creed simply means “I believe” and serves as a general statement of faith. If you say, “I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God,” that is a creed. It need not be written,…
Should Christians Keep the Sabbath? Part 2
Let’s continue to examine some arguments made by an article on the Church of God International website entitled “SUNDAY, SATURDAY—WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?”[1] We looked at their first four arguments in a previous article, and we finish with the last three and some final thoughts. They write: The command to keep holy the seventh…
How Do You Want Jesus to Judge You?
I went to the “Churches of Christ” Wikipedia page and saw this at the top: This article is about a specific fellowship of Christian congregations. For Churches of Christ that do not agree with congregational support of church or parachurch organizations, see Churches of Christ (non-institutional). For groups of autonomous congregations in Europe using the name “church…
Respecting God’s Pronouns
Charlotte Clymer is a “trans woman,” a biological man who goes to great lengths to present himself as a woman. Recently, Clymer was interviewed by Joy Reid on MSNBC, and the discussion went, in part, like this: Clymer: I would challenge anyone just to get to know trans people. We are a vibrant, diverse community,…