The New Testament says there are times when an offending church member should be excluded from the rest of the church. The textual background on this is about as perspicuous as anything in the Bible. The following are biblical grounds for being booted out: Personal offenses not repented of (Matt 18:15-17), serious moral offenses (1 [...]
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It’s customary in the Bible-belt South for churches to host bridal showers. In the days of yore, that was easy. Respectable people got married only once and had children no fewer than nine months later. Somewhere about the seventh month of pregnancy, they’d host a baby shower to deal with the whole diaper scene.
Now churches [...]
I hate to do this but…
This is about the fifth total re-write of this post. Reason: This is about gender roles, and the subject of gender roles really is a minefield. You can die on the gibbet for preaching this. But that’s not because the biblical view is abstruse. In fact it’s quite clear, which [...]
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The Tithe, Moses-style
Note: Part 1 is found here. There were three distinct systems of tithing under the law of Moses. The first system was founded on the agrarian nature of the Israelite economy. It required that a tenth of the produce of the land (Lev 27:30) be given for the maintenance of the temple and [...]
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My opinions on tithing have shifted around over the years. Okay, so I’m unstable and I admit it. But one thing has remained stable since I read Deuteronomy 14 a long time ago. The average Christian is shocked, shocked when he discovers what the Bible actually says about tithing. He is even more shocked when [...]
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Pastors, you cannot deal with the issue of public schooling without offending lots of people. No matter how gently you touch on it, no matter how lovingly you encourage your folks, no matter how humbly you speak your entreaty, folks are going to get mad. If you suggest they remove their kids from government control [...]
Let me say at the outset that Mr. Obama is not responsible for the moonbats in the government schools teaching children to sing his praises. He didn’t tell them to do that. He is, however, responsible to tell them to cut it out. If he’s doing that, I haven’t heard about it.
This serves to bring [...]
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As Bro. Steve revealed yesterday, a series of memos has been discovered which outline the vast, left wing conspiracy to oppress the poor. Today this site is able to disclose the full contents of the second of these memos.
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Fellow Oppressors,
The second step in our plan to utterly destroy the detestable poor people of America is [...]
Bro. Steve has scored his first media scoop, uncovering a series of secret memos from a cabal of conspirators whose aim is the destruction of America’s poor people. Today I expose the first of these memoranda to public scrutiny.
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January 20, 2009
Dear Fellow Oppressors:
As you know, our campaign of subversion and destruction upon the poor features [...]
The premise behind most government spending is that anybody with a need has a right to his neighbor’s earnings. I am ashamed of my countrymen for pampering envy, greed, class jealousy, laziness, and every covetous impulse in fallen human nature. I am embarrased by people that have reorganized their government around the kleptic reflex as [...]
Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:8
There are several species of bees with no sting. Stingless bees can produce honey, although defending the honey store would seem to be a problem. Usually they hide [...]
I’ve chatted with a couple of Baptist pastors in the past few days and cautiously mentioned worship styles. I got a reaction both times. It’s just a matter of style, Bro. Steve, so don’t get all judgmental.
Well, okay, style. Pipe down. Different strokes. Got it.
But with all due charity, may I ask a question: What [...]
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Antidepressants are the most prescribed drugs in America. Millions of our brethren are floating along in a purple haze. The obligatory caveat: Sure there are people who are medically afflicted in the brain and need a boost from Big Pharma. I’ll spot you those and still say that a lopsided majority of patients on drugs [...]
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