Tag: Torah
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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…
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Thinking Biblically About the Alien, Man-Made Politics Aside
People always assume their agendas are correct and are quick to accuse people who don’t agree with them as being completely godless. Not many people today really try to understand someone else’s position. They simply draw caricatures and criticize those caricatures in ways that don’t actually help anyone. They only accomplish the heightening of other’s…
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Worldview War
It is Fig Monday, and Jesus is being tested. He started teaching and healing people in the temple. A group of Pharisees tried to question His authority. After they failed, they sent their students with the Herodians to entrap Jesus—to prove He was no real teacher. Instead, they departed marveling because of Jesus’s teaching. The…
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God’s Just Judgment in Revelation
All of creation is perpetually measured by the standard of God’s holy righteousness. What is our place? Who is worthy to announce the Father’s just verdict? What hope do we have if we have all sinned and God must judge justly? Revelation 5:1-10 I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the…
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Why Did God Give the Law?
The Ten Commandments are a staple in Scripture. They are given, many times, as a requirement for the Christian life. They are presented, by some, as a sort of requirement for salvation. It is claimed by some that before Christ, people were saved by the keeping of the Law (which is represented by the Ten…