The Source of All Arguments

“If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.” Proverbs 29:9 The key to understanding what the Bible means when it tells us that arguing with a fool is a futile task is to know who a fool is. Foolishness, you see,...

Traitors in the Lord’s Church

A few days ago in Vancouver police went to a church to order it to shut down. They were gathering illegally, the police said, due to health restrictions in the pandemic era. The pastor told them to leave and refused to comply, which has caused some to wonder if he was...

Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” Matthew 28:18 Do you lament what’s happening in America? Does the suppression of liberty and freedom of speech distress you? Do you wonder how it’s all happening and at such a...

How Sexual Sin Destroys Us

“You shall not commit adultery…” Romans 13:9 The prohibition against adultery carries with it the commandment that sexual intercourse, as God has ordained it, is to be between a man and a woman in marriage.  That’s it. Naturally, we bristle at...

What Love Is…And Isn’t

Loving Your Neighbor as Yourself The central and guiding principle of Christian ethics is love.  The world speaks of love quite a bit these days.  Nevertheless, they’re never eager to define what they mean when they say it and it’s rather clear,...

True Love is Biblical Love

“Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.”  Romans 13:10  Love is not sex.  It’s not merely an emotion.  Love is the fulfilling of the law.  This alone is a staggering revelation today as we’re prone to think of love...