A Card-Carrying Christian
You cruise around the Monopoly board, buying property, paying bills, greedily getting rich and bankrupting your neighbour, and then this: Go to jail. Rats. $50 to get out — unless you have this card:...
View ArticleThoughts on the Olympics —“Not Something We’ve Been Too Concerned About”
“One minute, elation, the next minute, despair. What happened?” “Well, um, it was just, we, we didn’t change over in the right zone on the track. It’s really hard, when you’re going that speed, and...
View ArticleThe Sight of Blood
How many times has a parent seen it? A little boy falls and runs to Mummy, not really hurt, but upset. And then, suddenly, he notices — his elbow is bleeding! The tears, that had almost stopped, now...
View ArticleTrying to Hit the Ball
When growing up, I was not only the shortest kid in my school class, I was also clumsiest. But in America, you play baseball when spring comes around, so we would all go out, and I would be humiliated...
View ArticleCondemnation, Why and for What?
I’d like to sharpen our theological thinking a little on some doctrines having to do with our salvation. If you feel lazy in your thinking today, either get yourself in gear or come back tomorrow. In...
View Article“Imputation”— The Way it Works
That’s “imputation,” not “amputation.” It’s not a common word, so I’ll try to explain what it is, and what it has to do with our salvation. I said a few days ago I wanted to sharpen our thinking on...
View Article“Justification”—“Just as if I Never Sinned?”
I remember being taught in Sunday School that “justification means God sees you just as if you never sinned.” As I grew older, I learned that this was a common explanation, probably because it is...
View ArticleCalling it Right
Lyn knows of what she is speaking — she used to be part of the homosexual community, living in bondage for years. They will defend their sin, just as I used to. They may be somewhat ‘stand-offish’, but...
View ArticleTrapped
The young man, bleeding and injured, crawled into a boat to hide. Bleeding, and hunted. The sirens, the flashing lights in the darkness. Soon there would be helicopters, perhaps dogs. They would...
View ArticleHomosexuality — What the Bible Clearly Says
The Church of Scotland now permits the ordaining of homosexuals. In our Bible Study on the topic, we began by comparing the purposes of marital intimacy to homosexual behaviour. We then moved on to...
View ArticleRomans 1 and Christian Errors on Homosexuality (part four)
“I just can’t help it, I can’t quit.” Sometimes those who commit homosexual sins will say this — and sometimes Christians, in responding, completely miss part of what Romans 1 is telling us about this...
View ArticleTo My Homosexual Readers
I’ve been writing posts recently based on a Bible study series on the Church of Scotland decision to permit the ordination of homosexuals. Some readers will disagree with what I’ve written. I’ve...
View ArticleSin is NEVER Mandatory
I Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also...
View ArticleA Spiritual Sticking-Plaster
I’m starting a new sermon series I’ve titled, “Quotable Isaiah.” Rather than go through the book verse by verse (I’d die of old age before finishing, maybe :) ), I’m highlighting some of Isaiah’s most...
View ArticleWord Made Flesh — At the Core of Christianity
This article continues my series based on my sermon on the incarnation of Christ — “The Word was Made Flesh.” In this article I’d like to look briefly at the core importance of this doctrine. The...
View ArticleThe Causes of War
It is well always to talk about peace and to strive and suffer for peace; but it is better at the same time to understand the causes which lead to wars. – Winston Churchill, The World Crisis, volume...
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