Sigma Frame has on 1 Peter many times. The full list is here. Sigma Frame is largely concerned with the instructions to spouses found in 1 Peter 3, mostly focusing on the instructions to wives. This has become an increasing focus over time. Sigma Frame discussed Peter’s instructions on suffering …
This is part 12 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. On Easter Sunday, Bnonn Tennant published “Happy Easter, Forgive your Enemies.” I had no idea that he was going to post this in the midst of my ongoing series On Forgiveness. Similarly, he had no idea that …
This is part 11 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. What’s missing from this “clear” teaching that repentance is required for salvation? I’ll give you a hint: That right, faith is conspicuously missing. This is quite the achievement: a theology of forgiveness without faith! It seems that …
This is part 5 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In our last post, we discussed how repentance differs from forgiveness, concluding: After posting that, Bruce Charlton posted an article where he discussed in his view of the role of repentance in the life and work of …
This is part 1 of a series. See the index here. What is forgiveness and what does it do? Despite many people reading the Bible regularly and closely, they still do not know. Consequently, how can one know when to forgive if they do not know what forgiveness is? The …
A recent commenter suggested that my posts have missed the mark, that they are not addressing the problems that real men are really facing in reality. And I agreed. Over the last few days I’ve repeated a single theme: Keep in mind that a couple months back, Bruce Charlton stated …
This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Over at the Christianity and Masculinity blog, Deep Strength writes in “Headship is still authority in marriage Part 3:” Ho boy! I recently did a topical 10-part series on mutual submission, focusing specifically on Wayne Grudem’s word …
Over on Twitter, some are disheartened that we have walked away from the Olympics: But the New Testament instructs us to flee evil: to have nothing to do with it. It is worth considering why the Christian athletes—our Brothers and Sisters—are not stepping away from the Olympics. As Christians we …
In my review of a latest article “Do we “Resist the devil” or “Resist not evil”?” we wrestled with the question of whether or not Jesus’ commands were hyperbole. The author concluded that this was hyperbole intended to use exaggeration to emphasize a forgiving attitude. In the presence of the perfectly valid …
The Death Cult I’ve been writing about bureaucracy for years. I have an index of this in “The Decline of Society.” Indeed, in December, 2019, I wrote this: The point of this comment is that the institutions—all of them—are not there to help us, but that inherent evil that is …