In 2 Samuel is the account of Amnon, the firstborn of King David, who lusted for Tamar, his half-sister. It says, “Amnon was so frustrated because of his sister Tamar, that his frustration made made him ill,…” (2 Sam. 13:2)…. Read More ›
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BROUGHT FORTH IN INIQUITY, PSALM 51:5; 58:3
Keil & Delitzsch (K&D) say that David is here confessing “his hereditary sin as the root of his actual sin.” That’s a possible explanation but it is not the best one in this writer’s opinion. What is David doing in… Read More ›
MAKERS AND TAKERS – Peter Schweizer
In the article I wrote (here ) describing my concern that Christian Colleges do not have the students’ or parents’ best spiritual interests at heart when they invite liberal speakers to chapel, I wrote about the difference between givers and… Read More ›
DO YOUR PART AND GOD WILL DO HIS PART
How is the Sovereignty of God harmonized with the Free Will of Man? David threw the stone but the battle was the Lord’s, 1 Sam 17:47 Joab was strong and courageous to war against the Arameans and Ammon but he… Read More ›
LOST WITHOUT A CLUE
“Thirteen per cent of students surveyed said they got “blind drunk” regularly while 43 per cent said they did so occasionally.”1 It’s sad to think that billions of people who are alive today are going to hell. They are unrepentant… Read More ›
THE AGE OF COMMITMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Every parent wonders about the age when their child is ready to make the commitment to follow Christ. Jesus was perhaps extraordinary as a twelve-year-old child when He stood in the temple and taught the Word with great wisdom. “And… Read More ›
IT’S NOT ABOUT TRUTH; IT’S ABOUT TACTICS
TO FOOL PEOPLE INTO ACCEPTING HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE: “The smarter approach is to err on the side of the future and say that the law should not get in the way of love.” more In other words, don’t get caught up… Read More ›
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY. THE "SPEECH POLICE" ARE LISTENING.
College Suspends Administrator for Op-Ed on Gays Pete WinnSenior Staff Writer CNSNews.com) – The University of Toledo has suspended with pay one of its administrators for writing a newspaper op-ed that questions whether homosexuality is a civil rights issue. The… Read More ›
THERE IS NOTHING EQUIVALENT TO THIS IN CHRISTIANITY
From the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle comes this story: Saudi fundamentalist cleric’s fatal rulingJOEL BRINKLEY Sunday, May 4, 2008 If you want to understand why murderous Islamic extremists still pour out of the Middle East, consider a… Read More ›
SIN IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE
From the Charlotte Observer is the story that a U.S. task force is deciding who should live and who should die in case of a pandemic. They are deciding if age 86 shouldn’t be the cut off date for “denying… Read More ›
A Conquering Faith 