Merciful Justice & Cruel Compassion Why do we label biblical justice archaic, culturally irrelevant, or downright cruel? We often render guilty verdicts against God’s law without even knowing what it says. We draw grotesque caricatures of commands we would rather …
Image Credit: freeimages.com/Mark M. & aschaeffer O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; O restore me to health and let me live (Isaiah 38:16)! It’s weird how we perceive our …
Russell Watkins/Department for International Development/flickr/license Our Peculiar Motivations Emotions run crazy as we consider what should be done about immigrants to America. Many conservatives, Christians included, are in wild-eyed fear with the thought of any more immigrants, what the Bible …
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photo credit: click/Morguefile In politics we are told, the art of compromise is brought to bear fruitfully in the struggle between parties. The cherished hopes of right and left, conservative and liberal, are often fought under the precept that everyone …
Image Attribution: Mark Rain/flickr/license In order to have justice we must have courage. It is indisputably biblical to link these traits. This idea dodged around in my mind waving from a distance almost daily but never sat down to talk …
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and all will know…that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law (Acts 21:24). Surrounded by Idiots As we participate in the collapse of the increasingly idiot humanist culture around us questions come to the fore in our (not so …
photo attribution: Randy Robertson/flickr/license Almost every news cycle delivers reports to our ears convincing us that we cannot trust either the social systems or the courts to do justice. Convicted criminals receive unjust sentences. Widows, orphans, and what the Bible …
Attribution: freeimages.com/Stephen Stacey & Ali Farid Dear Friends, We always celebrate this time of year and rightly so. Jesus showing up as He did was the fulfillment of biblical prophecy and the birth of new life for all who believe. …