But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16
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There are those in the faith that argue that you can lose your salvation and those who argue you can't. The debate goes back and forth. I am not planning to solve that here. I want to go beyond that. In the debate, one of the favorite passages brought up by the "See? You can lose it" side is found...
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You've seen the movie, I'm sure. (Almost doesn't matter which movie I'm talking about; there are a lot of them.) Things are going along swimmingly and then a crisis occurs and all looks hopeless. And the nice person comes to the hopeless one, wraps their arm around them and says, "There, there ......
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JurisprudenceYou've heard "innocent until proven guilty." It is the law of the land. Well, it was. Now it's "guilty until proven innocent" in some cases and, in growing numbers, "guilty regardless of any evidence." Think "she claimed sexual harassment" and you know, regardless of who he is, he's...
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I know, I know, it's petty. It's just me. It's just words. It's just in my mind. But I've had a problem with this concept for a long time. So let me say at the outset that I am not faulting anyone who uses the term and I understand that, in general, people who use the term mean no harm or intend no...
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"Guilt by melanin." I read that phrase recently -- can't remember where. I was really struck by it. Melanin, I'm sure you know, is that which determines our skin pigment. (Technically, melanin is the dark pigment, but you get the idea.) We've arrived, it seems, at this point where you can be...
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We decry radicals. Radicals like the extremists in favor of killing humans because human beings are the primary cause of all problems in this world. Radicals like radical Muslims who blow up buildings and seek to kill infidels. Radicals like those outlandish folks who, in the name of Jesus, loudly...
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"Now that was an E-ticket ride!" The phrase referred to a time when Disneyland was free to enter; you simply paid for rides. And they sold ticket books. "A" tickets were the trolley's on Main Street and "C" tickets included some of the mid-range stuff like the Jungle Cruise, but the best tickets...
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In discussions on abortion, I've seen this passage used to say that God doesn't care about abortion.
When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he...
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We, as a nation, are losing our religion, so to speak. Church attendance is down. The "Nones" -- those who consider themselves "spiritual" but unaffiliated with any religion -- are on the rise. There are more atheists and more apathetics -- "Is there a God? I don't much care." Even among...
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Who's Next?Most thinking people see folks like Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan as unsavory and potentially dangerous individuals. Most people, then, would see Facebook's announcement that they will ban these people from Facebook and Instagram as a good thing. Surely Facebook (as a private entity, not...
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It's one of my favorite themes and one of my most controversial. I say that Scripture teaches that God is Sovereign. Absolutely. Christians will raise their objections. They will agree that God is sovereign, but He sovereignly gave up His Sovereignty (pay attention to my capitalization) to allow...
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There are few verses we love to claim more than Jeremiah 29:11:
Mmmm, we love that. We put it on Bible covers and posters and artwork. We put it up at home and remind ourselves..."I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope"
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What is "free speech"? The dictionary defines it as "the freedom of speech." Thanks, dictionary. That's not helpful. So we dig further. "Freedom of speech" is defined as "the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference, subject to the laws against libel,...
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That was a new term to me. According to Wikipedia it is "the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses." Welcome to most human thinking. You see it in our day when Trump does ... anything. Trump supporters will...
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Gallup recently told us that church membership is down by some 20% over the last two decades. That, of course, is all churches of all stripes and all religions, so we should keep that in mind. Still, I would suggest that it is obvious that America is no longer a Christian nation. Since only 50% of...
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I was reading Philemon. Not one of my favorite epistles. It's short, sure, but it's mostly personal. Philemon was a fellow believer and a slave owner. One of his slaves, Onesimus, had run away. He had ended up in Paul's life. Paul refers to him as "my child" and himself as his father (Phm 1:10), so...
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Because of You (Rom 2:24)Last Saturday a gunman walked into a synagogue in Poway, California, and opened fire. It was the second synagogue shooting in six months. It was the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day. Lori Gilbert Kaye was killed when she threw herself between the gunman and his intended...
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I saw an online test that was supposed to help you figure out where you are on the political spectrum. Okay. Fine. I'm curious. So I took it. (Imagine my surprise when it said I was largely a centrist.) One question (as you might expect) wanted to know where you stand on banning gay marriage. And I...
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I would have put this in my News Weakly report, but it's too big.The opening paragraph of this story says, "Alabama's House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a near-total abortion ban, a piece of legislation that the bill's sponsor called a "direct attack" on Roe v. Wade, the landmark...
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I read an interesting article entitled Love Hopes All Things - And Tosses the Worst Assumptions. The article started with a wife who complained that her husband had left a dish on the table. She was miffed. What's wrong with him? She complained, and he apologized. "I'm sorry. The baby was crying...
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Our society can rant and rave all it wants. It can stand up and assure us that patriarchy is not only dead, but that it's a good thing it's dead. They can assure us that if you claim there is a difference between the sexes you're sexist and evil and hateful. They can even smuggle it into our...
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We know that we're supposed to go into all the world and preach the gospel (Mark 16:15). We're supposed to go and make disciples (Matt 28:19-20). And, if we're obedient, we do. So to whom do we go? We're supposed to go to everyone. That would be family and friends, neighbors and strangers,...
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The license plate read "JOB37 5." I, obviously, decided it was a Bible reference.
How appropriate! "He does great things that we cannot comprehend."It stands to reason, of course. He is God; we are not....God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend. (Job 37:5)
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Better Think TwiceElizabeth Warren has decided it's time for Trump to go. Impeach the guy. Other voices concur.In an unrelated-but-totally-connected story, Vice President Mike Pence was invited by Taylor University to do the graduation speech. And the crowd goes wild. A petition to block him has...
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Some who know me have called me a wordsmith, partly because it's a play on my name (Smith) and partly because I appear to have a larger vocabulary than some. Big deal. Some say it simply because I'm so wordy, at least on this blog. Okay. But I've read recently in Scripture to beware of people who...
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