Love Limits The Expression of Christian Liberty

Aug 12

Charity supersedes Liberty. Listen to the words of F.F Bruce It is to God that each believer must ultimately render his account, and it is to God that he is responsible for his conduct here and now. Christian Liberty is a precious thing, not to be limited by Christian charity. Christ, his people’s supreme exemplar, always considered the interests of others...

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The Carrot And Stick Gospel: When Grace Is Not Enough

Mar 22

Grace is the word that separates Christianity from every other religion. There has been stories of the resurrection (See the story of Osiris) there has been stories about the gods coming down; however, no religion has a God stepping down in human flesh and bearing His own wrath on the behalf of others to reconcile human and God forever. Christianity is the only...

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Everybody Is A Slave

Jan 03

To the Greeks becoming a servant or a slave was repulsive. Freedom was their most prized right, and one of their goals of life was to be independent of others and to live as one chose. To be a servant involved surrender of such freedom.  Slavery meant subjection to another’s will. To a Hellenist, who was convinced that a man was morally obligated to develop...

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The Gospel: A Rock In Fluid Culture

Oct 27

Often times I find myself defending the Gospel against “Christians”.  I know this might sound paradoxical, so I will explain in a few key points. But like I said, often times I find myself defending the Gospel against “Christians”. The problem is that many Christians have so married a specific culture with the Gospel that any attempts to...

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They Fought For Liberty and So Should We!!

Oct 14

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. ~~~ Saint Thomas Aquinas The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a...

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Grace Liberates then Obligates: The Only Freedom We Have Is To Serve In Love

Sep 30

  Freedom From Sin and Law The Slavery motif is predominate in the New Testament, both Jesus and Paul uses the term slave consistently.  Paul uses the term 10 times in Romans alone and 9 of those are found in Romans 6 which is explaining our former enslavement to sin and unrighteousness to our current enslavement to Christ and righteousness.  Jesus says in John...

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