God's Church – Are we bringing rubber and road together…
What is the role of God’s church when confronted with the real suffering of a fellow Christian? Relieve that suffering? Don’t answer too quickly… What if that suffering is for a reason? Let’s suppose God is teaching and growing that Christian through the suffering. But how are we to judge that and keep from interfering with His plan? Should we even attempt to? But I don’t recall the Lord saying anything about withholding aid from others in the church. Am I missing something? This is a very real and troubling question in my mind, right now, dealing with a very real and troubling situation… RIGHT NOW. This Christian is in a destructive housing situation and has no way out on their own. It appears to be heavily...
The American Revolution – A Holy War?
Isn’t this country great, how we threw off the shackles of King George III to establish a government with principles inspired by God, securing God’s blessings and approval! Is it? I’ve been wrestling for some time with our revolution from a biblical perspective. Was it justified? Should we have rebelled in the first place? If we look at Romans 13:1-7, maybe not. It begins: “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.” King George the III was,...