Tag: society

  • God’s Law, Just Society, and Our Dishonest Gain: Reflecting on the Plea of Psalm 119

    God’s Law, Just Society, and Our Dishonest Gain: Reflecting on the Plea of Psalm 119

    In psalm 119 so far, the psalmist As the psalmist reflects on the Law of God, he continues, Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain (Psalm 119:36).  Since the psalmist sees the Law of God as opposite dishonest gain, we get to ask another question of God’s Law–Does God’s Law actually…

  • Speaking for the Unspeaking: Bathsheba’s Advice to Her Grandchildren About Living Justly in Proverbs 31.

    Speaking for the Unspeaking: Bathsheba’s Advice to Her Grandchildren About Living Justly in Proverbs 31.

    Solomon advised his children using the words of his mother, Bathsheba. Don’t give your strength to women. Don’t live such a lifestyle by which you drink wine or desire strong drink. Essentially, don’t live life for the purpose of satisfying yourself. When we live life to satisfy our own lusts, hungers, or thirsts, we come…

  • Men and Women: 1 The Issue

    Men and Women: 1 The Issue

    In our modern day, people try to redefine themselves into cultural categories according to their feelings and the nurture of their society. When we don’t learn about our purpose for life, when we are not raised as disciples of Christ, we are left to invent ourselves without purpose. Without purpose, we will always define our…

  • A Thought on Culture to Bring in the New Year

                As 2015 begins, I think about the culture around us and the need people, who are immersed within that culture, have for the freedom that we have in Jesus Christ. People everywhere cry out for freedom and very few find it. Within Christianity, we know the source of true freedom. His name is Jesus…