Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with anContinue reading
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No True Scotsman
As human beings we seek to understand our world through the perception of our senses and the exercise of our faculties of reason. We like to imagine ourselves as neutral, objective arbiters of what weContinue reading
Rome
Throughout most of antiquity there would have been little reason to pay attention to the town developing on the Tiber River on what we call the Italian peninsula; it was a small, multicultural yet rowdyContinue reading
Neglect
“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness!Continue reading
Popular Beliefs: Original Sin
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned (Romans 5:12). Christianity features many beliefs which prove very popular;Continue reading
1 John 3:14-16: Love, Hate, Brethren
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that noContinue reading
1 John 1:5-7: Walking in the Light
And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship withContinue reading
Church
For a lot of people, “church” evokes unpleasant experiences. We have all seen many examples of churches and their leaders not acting like they should. Maybe you grew up in a church and found itContinue reading
Political Libertarianism
It is said that the two subjects to avoid in polite conversation are religion and politics. Furthermore, within Christianity, there is often an understandable desire to transcend the politics of the day. Politics, by theContinue reading