In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines. -Proverbs 18:17, NIV This verse has a particularly unhappy history with me. It is a verse that was part of the instructions for ministers applying The Divorce Policy Exception process to a divorced minister in the EFCA. Essentially, the quotation … Continue reading “Fueling Cynicism: Tullian Tchividjian’s Story Continuing To Unravel”
Category: Sin
Liars lie.
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” -John 8:44, … Continue reading “Liars lie.”
Tullian Tchividjian Saga Continues…
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. … But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. -Ephesians 5:11, 13, NIV Former Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Tullian Tchividjian again has found himself in the midst of a storm created … Continue reading “Tullian Tchividjian Saga Continues…”
Clergy: To marry an adulterous couple or not?
“I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” -Matthew 19:9, NIV I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin…or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat … Continue reading “Clergy: To marry an adulterous couple or not?”
When the cat is out of the bag….
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. John 3:20, NIV Value differences are so great between a faithful spouse and a cheater that sometimes it is hard to fathom and accept a cheater’s actions as actually having happened. A faithful … Continue reading “When the cat is out of the bag….”
On Marrying A Ticking A-Bomb Partner
“‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.” -Mark 10:7-8, NIV On Marrying A Ticking Adultery-Bomb From my own personal and painful experience, I have arrived at two important things I would … Continue reading “On Marrying A Ticking A-Bomb Partner”
God Prepares A Banquet
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Psalm 23:5, NKJV The best revenge is putting the haters behind you and moving forward into God’s destiny on your life (see Ephesians 2:10). We do not have to agree with the false … Continue reading “God Prepares A Banquet”
Dissecting “You’re NOT the boss of me!”
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. -I Corinthians 7:4, KJV Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the … Continue reading “Dissecting “You’re NOT the boss of me!””
Speaking The Uncomfortable Truth
“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in … Continue reading “Speaking The Uncomfortable Truth”
Perspective
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” -Mark 8:36, KJV Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, … Continue reading “Perspective”