General posts that are not about any topic in particular.
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. …and in another translation… This is fascinating! There are three things to notice. The first …
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 …
From here: From here: …and… As for Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs, Timothy Lim notes: As Lim alludes, the canonicity of both Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon—both ostensibly written by Solomon—were somewhat debated up to the late 1st century (the Synod of Jamnia in 90 A.D.), when both …
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 …
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, … …
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: Accordingly, I cited Bruce …
This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. Is marrying a young bride sufficient to ensure a life-long marriage? In speaking of Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green, commentator Oscar says: They married in 2010 (and divorced in 2021, the second attempted divorce) after dating …
This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. What constitutes unity in the church? One of the repeating themes among critics of the church is that disagreement is the same as disunity and that conformity is the mark of unity. Neither of these are true …
This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. What is fornication? What is marriage? Commentator John explains his difficulty: Properly speaking, there is no Greek word equal to the English word fornication. The Greek word porneia, from which we derive the term pornography, refers to: This …
This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. Roman Catholic soteriology rejects faith alone (‘sola fide‘). The Sacraments are a part of salvation. Sola fide implies the rejection of the sacraments, including marriage as a sacrament. If Sanctified Marriage is equal to Sacramental marriage, then …