Banned Books

I write a lot about censorship. In the battle for freedom of speech, too many people who “fight” against censorship are perfectly willing to censor views they personally find objectionable. This moral inversion is on display in this Reddit group who, in an attempt to publish banned books (many of …

The Problem with Activism

Yesterday, in “The Cancer of Political Bias“, I demonstrated how political activism leads to bias by placing the message over truth. The activist cannot comprehend that their own policies might be bad, let alone attribute the negative effects of those policies to the policies themselves. And so they mock their …

The Structure of Ephesians 5

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Mnemonic Devices In English we have many linguistic structures that help us remember the content of a piece of writing, especially when it is read out loud. These mnemonic devices are literary devices include acronyms, rhyming, …

Christian Discernment

A Discerning Heart In “Learn to Discern” (2023-08-12), Gunner Q writes that he agrees with the following statement: “We must always refer to the Bible, but nothing is more difficult than interpreting it and applying it to a particular situation without falling into fundamentalism. God relies on our intelligence to …

Jesus Sanctified Himself

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, authority, and submission. See this index. In John 17, Jesus prays for his disciples. In doing so, he prays about sanctification in a rather curious way. “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the …

It’s a Religion: Atheism

In my previous posts “It’s a Religion: Trans Ideology” and “It’s a Religion: Public Health,” I discussed how governments and activists use religious indoctrination techniques to propagandize people. This is typified in statements by trans-rights activist governments… “Repeat after us: trans women are women” …and statements by public health bureaucrats… “Repeat …

The Canonicity of the Old Testament

From here: The New Testament as a whole quotes from all but Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. It quotes in total 237 Old Testament passages.   Notwithstanding claims made by some, the New Testament does not directly quote from any book in the Apocrypha, although it does …

On Divorce

God doesn’t like divorce, so don’t ever do it. For many years I have sat back and not weighed in on whether divorce or remarriage is ever correct. Interpreting the so-called “exception clause” given by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew is not a trivial matter. Nonetheless, in response to …

Marriage isn’t Magic, Part 2

This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. Are illicit acts—prostitution, incest, and polygamy—marriage? Since the recent publication of “Marriage isn’t Magic“, the Christianity and Masculinity blog made a post which describes three situations where the Bible supposedly contradicts my post, all describing illicit acts, … …

The Political Spectrum is Leftist

Christians should stay out of politics. Many years ago I wrote in “Left, Right, and Religion” that from the Christian perspective there is no meaningful distinction between the Left and the Right political wings. All are leftist in terms of the philosophy of their purpose. I wrote: The distinction between “Republican vs. …