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Why did God_____ (you fill in the blank)?  This is a question typically asked by both those of us trying to understand God’s actions in the Bible that we find disturbing or perplexing, such as why He commanded King Saul to wipe out all the tribe of the Amalekites including infants and children (1 Samuel […]

It would have been rare in ancient times, or even today, to have a king or ruler of a nation proclaiming the greatness, the goodness and the glory of another.  In our fallen condition, we tend to have very high thoughts/opinions of ourselves and very low thoughts of those in authority, particularly of God, whom

One of my favorite movies is a fictional Revolutionary War film, The Patriot.  It stars Mel Gibson as Captain Benjamin Martin, a veteran war hero of the French and Indian War. He is now a civilian, and a member of the South Carolina General Assembly that is debating support for the Continental Army to go

Well, election 2020 is over. After much anxiety, mean spirited debate, uncertainty, and fear mongering, in the midst of a global pandemic, we appear to have elected a new president of the United States.  However, there remains much rancor and animosity over the results, which would have been the case no matter who won and

The proclamation of the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven (Luke 4:43), and Himself as its King (John 18:36-37), was central to Jesus’ mission and ministry on earth. His teaching was designed to show men and women that they were outside of this Kingdom, living in opposition to it and thus under God’s

In John 18:28-37, we have the account of Jesus, after suffering through a sham trial by the Jewish leaders and convicted falsely of blasphemy, being turned over to the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, for execution.  Since Rome will not execute Him on the basis of that charge, they trump up the charge to the capital

I explained in a previous post, that the sovereignty of God is the Biblical teaching that all things that occur in the universe, our world and in our individual lives, are under God’s absolute rule and control, and that nothing happens in these domains apart from God ultimately permitting or ordaining that it occur. I

I noted in my previous post regarding the Biblical doctrine of the sovereignty of God, that despite being one of the major themes found in the Bible, it is an immensely challenging and controversial doctrine, being opposed and denied by both professing Christians and non-Christians alike.  I commented however that I found it to be

The sovereignty of God is one of the major themes of the Word of God.  However, it is an immensely challenging and controversial doctrine, being opposed and even denied both in and outside the Church. In my mind though, it is one of the most blessed and comforting doctrines revealed in scripture, particularly for such

The overarching focus of the first four books of the New Testament, what are referred to as the Gospels, is the person and work of God the Son, Jesus Christ, who came into this world as the promised Messiah, the one who will save repentant men and women from the eternal consequences of their sin,