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Showing posts with label Justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justice. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

sermon video: Faithfulness in Evil Times - Habakkuk 1:12-2:20

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  What can the righteous do in evil times when justice is hard to find?  Be faithful.  In this world we will always see evil appear to win, ...
Monday, June 17, 2024

Sermon Video: God is merciful, even to the murderer Cain - Genesis 4:8-16

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It is well known that Cain killed his brother Abel, what is less well understood is that God showed incredible mercy to Cain when he confron...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

6 months since October 7, there are no winners here: A response to the essay by Frida Ghitis (CNN, 4/5/24)

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  {“In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.” - Neville Chamberlain       That quote wou...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Jesus, Jim Harbaugh, and the fallacy that, "Only the guilty take a plea."

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  Before I begin, I'm aware that terms like Innocent, Guilty, and Victim ring fairly hollow when thrown around between the NCAA who make...
Sunday, March 19, 2023

Sermon Video: When God sets you free, who can condemn you? - Romans 8:33-34

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Using Monty Python and the Holy Grail's infamous witch trial (witch=wood=duck) as a foil for humanity's imperfect justice, the compa...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Sermon Video: The Justice of God's Chosen One - Isaiah 42:1-4

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In addition to his expected role as Messiah of king, Jesus added that of prophet and priest, but even more remarkably, that of servant as we...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #2: 2 Chronicles 19:7

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2 Chronicles 19:7 Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or ...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

Sermon Video: God: Good will be rewarded, Evil punished - Romans 2:5-11

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In the process of explaining to those who think they're on God's good side, but who in fact have stubborn and unrepentant hearts, th...
Sunday, May 8, 2022

Sermon Video: Righteousness by Faith - Romans 1:16-17

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It was the study of Romans, in order to lecture upon the letter, that led Martin Luther to question the accepted understanding of the relati...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Is God 'woke'? The answer should matter to you.

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Language changes constantly.  Every language does this, words are coined, borrowed, transformed, to fit the need of the moment.  Old words t...
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Monday, January 31, 2022

Sermon Video: The Moral Cowardice of Pontius Pilate, Mark 15:1-15

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We often think of cowardice in physical terms, as in standing up to the bully on the playground, but moral cowardice is both more consequent...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Sermon Video: The Sham Trial of Jesus - Mark 14:53-65

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Sham/Show Trials are a common feature of autocratic governments, but 'free societies' are not immune to them.  The most famous sham ...
Friday, September 25, 2020

The Prophet Amos: What provokes God's wrath? - Injustice and False Worship

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Amos was an ordinary man, a farmer from Judah, chosen by God in the 8th century BC to go to Israel to warn the people of the impending wrath...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Taking the name of the LORD in vain: PragerU's "Social Justice Isn't Justice"

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 Exodus 20:7 (NIV) “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. To...