So far we have witnessed the beginning of human sin through Adam and Eve, the breaking of sin’s power through the Messiah but we are not yet done with sin. While our relationship with God is partially restored and are guaranteed eternal life for nothing more than trusting Jesus, sin still influences us every day. Sin may be broken, but it still works in us even after we trust Jesus. When will sin end? The answer to that question has two parts, when will we be done with sin and when will sin be destroyed? That’s the topic of today’s post.
If you’re wearing a mask, you’re doing it wrong. Last night violence erupted on the Berkley UC campus as students, teachers and others protested a speech to be delivered by the editor of Breitbart news. According to the speaker, Milo Yiannopoulos, during the event setup the hall was breeched by masked people with weapons. His security detail got him out safely, but outside rocks were thrown and carts were burned. The most violent perpetrators wore masks, which begs the question, when you are covering your face before going out isn’t it clear that what you are about to do is wrong?
In Bible college, I remember fondly debating the issue of Dispensationalism. Many believed it, some denied it, and the discussions were often long and heated. Looking back I laugh and shake my head, as the issue is only a useful way to understand God’s working in history and has absolutely no impact on how we live or minister in Jesus’ name. Or does it? Thinking through issue I now think that it should have an impact on at least some Christians, namely Pastors. Before we get to that, however, we should answer one important question: What is Dispensationalism?
President Elect Donald Trump has selected six professed Christians to play a role in his inauguration. This is part two in our three-part series where we tell you what we know about them.
Yesterday we left off with the story of original sin and glimpsed at how it, multiplied over one person’s life, has tragic consequences worthy of the worst imaginable punishment. God could have ended humanity then and there, but one thing the serpent told Eve was true, “you shall not surely die.” At least not then and there. God handed out curses all the way around, to Adam, to Eve, the serpent, and even the earth but he wasn’t done with them yet, not any of them. For all but the serpent would have their chance at redemption, something eluded to cryptically by God.
I am certain many of our readers will be interested in hearing if they should see the latest “faith-based film” Silence, in select theaters now. I imagine some will know all they need to when they learn that this was directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, the man behind The Last Temptation of Christ, a movie that depicted Jesus having sex with Mary Magdalene. Scorsese, a self-professed Roman Catholic, now brings a film that puts the idea of “faith” under the bright glaring lamp of interrogation. There are two primary questions that demand an answer in this nearly three-hour motion picture.
An online friend of mine, a Christian woman, has a website where people may ask her questions. One user asked if she had a boyfriend; answered “yes”. Later, another user asked if she were “living in sin.” She gave an interesting answer, “Isn’t everybody?” She did not mean that she was living with her boyfriend, instead she was reminding her audience that no one is without sin. We all – and by all I’m including even the redeemed – we all sin every day, whether by commission or omission. It is why Jesus warns us to judge ourselves before judging others.
President Elect Donald Trump has selected six professed Christians to play a role in his inauguration. This is the final installment in our three-part series where we tell you what we know about the team. We hope you’ll be watching the inauguration tomorrow and check back here for our analysis.
We’ve mentioned before how important it is to take sin seriously, while at the same time not feeling guilty for a forgiven past. That’s a tall order, so Think-Biblically.com decided to take a couple days to examine both those parts to our understanding of sin. Today we take part one: taking sin seriously. There is no better way to show the gravity of sin than to examine a real-life scenario, and there is no better real life scenario than the first sin found in Genesis 3. From this first failure of humanity we learn that sin changes everything.
Many apologies to our regular readers, this is the article that should have appeared last Thursday, but due to illness I was unable to finish it in time for publication. I’m on the rebound now, so without further ado… How should the role of pastor change when viewed as a type of patriarchal father or even a king? The pastor is the last office of leadership before the return of Jesus; should that impact the way a congregation responds to their pastor? So there are two issues, what is the role of the pastor and how should a congregation respond as a result?
President Elect Donald Trump has selected six professed Christians to play a role in his inauguration. In this three-part series, we’ll tell you what we know about them.
When I was in high school I attended a Christian conference here in Denver. I don’t remember exactly how many students attended but the number was in the thousands. The news media showed up and we thought that finally a positive, Christian event was going to get the press it deserved. That night, watching the evening news, I was sorely disappointed. The news anchor didn’t even mention it was a Christian conference, only how many pizzas it took to feed all the attendees. I learned then to never trust the mainstream media.
