▼
Showing posts with label Responsibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Responsibility. Show all posts
Friday, June 10, 2022

The Bible doesn't mandate that Christians support Democracy, BUT preventing the Evil that Autocracy would unleash in America does

›
  The Bible doesn't support Democracy.  Then again, the Bible doesn't denounce it either.  In fact, the Bible mentions Democracy not...
Friday, October 29, 2021

The self-destructive American motto: Freedom > Responsibility. Christians should be ashamed at how they've embraced it.

›
Clara wearing a mask during our recent trip to Disney World I typically read the letters to the editor in our local newspaper.  By now some ...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

Josh McDowell's folly in addition to racism: Claiming that the Bible only talks about individuals

›
In a recent speech author and apologist  Josh McDowell  caused a significant commotion by proclaiming the the primary cause of inequality fo...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Sermon Video: Jesus: Pay your taxes, and serve God - Mark 12:13-17

›
Hoping to trap Jesus, two rival groups that otherwise hate each other asked him if it was moral to pay taxes to Rome. Rather than answer wi...
Monday, November 30, 2020

Sermon Video: Trust God, hold Man responsible - Mark 6:7-13

›
  Jesus sends out his 12 disciples in teams of two with a message of repentance and the power to cast out impure spirits and heal the sick. ...
Friday, October 9, 2020

A vulgar anti-Trump sign and an attempt to kidnap the governor of Michigan - Biblical wisdom for an uncivil society: "'I have the right to do anything' you say - but not everything is beneficial." 1 Corinthians 10:23-24

›
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (NIV)  23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anythi...
Friday, July 31, 2020

How should Christians act during a pandemic? - Wisdom from Martin Luther's experience with the Plague

›
The response of American Christians to the COVID-19 pandemic has run the gamut from faithful adherence to CDC guidelines, to open and proud ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Being a Habitually Accurate person

›
Much was said in 2016 of the accuracy of the statements made by various American politicians and their surrogates, most of it not compliment...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Sermon Video: The Nature of Temptation - James 1:13-18

›
From the very beginning, man has sought to assign blame to somebody else.  This isn't a tactic that we need to be taught, children figur...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Sermon Video: "we have only done our duty" - Luke 17:7-10

›
What is our relationship with God?  We are his workers, but does that make God our boss and us him employees?  The nature of the relationshi...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Sermon Video: "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded" - Luke 12:35-48

›
In this passage, Jesus tells two related parables about servants and managers of servants who need to be vigilant and faithful in the comple...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

"Sin is a brat that nobody cares to have laid at his doors" - Matthew Henry

›
I came across this quote from Matthew Henry in his commentary on the failure of Saul to fully obey God in I Samuel 15 as Saul attempts to de...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Sermon Video: The Sower and the Seeds - Luke 8:4-21

›
The teachings of Jesus are far more difficult to live by than they are to understand.   When Jesus taught the parable of the Sower, he ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Sermon Video: Personal Responsibility - Acts 18:1-17

›
Personal responsibility is sorely lacking in the majority of society’s ills.   This should be no surprise to us as it is a consistent t...