#16 in the Sermon on the Mount Series Rule keeping as religious observance There is something in man that gravitates toward rule keeping as the means of religious observance. We think those who live an austere life are more holy or more deserving … [Continue reading]
The Illustration Jesus was not opposed to using humor to get his point across. One of his funniest illustrations is the story of the beam and the speck. This illustration is found in Matthew 7:3-5. Why do you look at the speck that is in your … [Continue reading]
If you are going to go against the plain reading of Scripture and two thousand years of tradition on the core issues of Christianity, then why bother to claim your religion as Christian? I understand that those who identify more closely with … [Continue reading]
The church is surrounded by moral chaos and we rightly feel the need to respond. It is this writer's opinion that some of our response is not helpful. Calls for boycott and angry rhetoric about the moral decline seem to escalate the problem rather … [Continue reading]
