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Yes, it has been fun dumping on this doddering old foolish man. Truly, theologically speaking, he looked and sounded the part of a senile uncle at the family reunion: Somewhat talkative, mildly unpleasant, mostly passive, and ultimately irrelevant. But I cannot join in on the happy ‘pile-on’ with the pagan anti-Christians. Their hypocrisy is so much more dangerous than that of Camping. At least Camping can still be ignored; not so the pagans. Consider: In Read more…

Osama’s been assassinated/executed again, and that means… what? I say again, because it wasn’t that long ago when Osama BL was supposed to have been killed during the Bush administration by one of those bunker buster bomb things. O, and then Hussein (Saddam, not Barack) was put on trial and executed by patriotic elements in his own country, and that was going to solve a few things. Are we now safer? The question must be Read more…

“… And I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.”  Psalm 23:6 I don’t like getting caught up in Bible translation arguments.  They tend to generate more heat than light. The King James (Authorized) version of the English Bible has served since 1611 as a source of rich imagery and phraseology for our language.  It’s powerful and poetic.  By most counts, there are still some 250 to 300 KJV Bible phrases still in Read more…

I am part of the “Fellowship of the Unashamed.” The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I am finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, chintzy Read more…

Let’s suppose that we are among a group of 63 people shipwrecked on a lost island.  We conclude that there is little chance of being found, but that the island is both deserted and hospitable in climate and resources.  Most of us are Christians. Immediately we get to work gathering, planting, and building.  Since we’re in it for the long haul, it doesn’t take long to realize that we need some organized rules; in fact, Read more…

“Where in Scripture is the church commanded to be involved with civil government?”  Many church leaders struggle with this question as they strive to glorify God by keeping their local churches as Biblically oriented as possible, while witnessing the decay of culture and civil government.  Following are a few points on the subject. First, we understand that God is the Creator of civil government.  God’s creation runs by rules and laws.  The laws of physics Read more…

Recently, I had the opportunity to help a friend deliver some material to a location just outside Philadelphia. All we had was an address, no name or exact location. Sounds like fun, let’s see how well the GPS does! We pulled in to the small campus-like property still not sure if we had reached our intended destination. A gentleman walking along the driveway seemed like the perfect one to ask: “Is this 338 Plush Mill Read more…

“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need ofmilk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.”   –Hebrews 5:12,13 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I Read more…

“Well, we can pray for the people in Japan,” says a (moderately, perhaps) informed Christian. “Why pray to God when He’s the one who sent the destruction in the first place?” says a pagan in response. By now, we’ve all seen the videos. The slow motion destruction of cars, trucks houses, fields, boats, and whole buildings. As we watch, we shake our heads and wonder aloud if chaos is the true natural condition after all. Read more…

…to what?  This phrase has become a common remark in Christian circles, a rebuke to Christians who participate in or encourage political involvement.  It sounds spiritual, it just isn’t.  Typically, it is followed up by a reminder of the failure of political involvement by Christians over the past few decades to have much effect…a bad return on investment, you could say. The follow-up is normally a claim that “the answer” is evangelism and the preaching Read more…