(…continued) But as soon as one starts talking about government, things get complicated, so I’ll illustrate this with a less complex setting– the family. Let’s say little brother hits big sister. Now big sister has at least three options. Option #1 is she can just ignore it. If she […]
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“I don’t get mad, I get even,” is what we used to say on the playground, trying to sound tough as we plotted our revenge. The Bible, however, has a different approach to the matter. “Love your enemies and pray for those who hurt you,” it says. But then it
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Adapted from “Lincoln’s 700 Words of Biblical Meditation,” by Daniel Dreisbach, posted March 4, 2015 at: http://www.lawliberty.org ——————————————- On March 4, 1865, as the sun broke through the clouds shortly after noon on a wet Washington day, Abraham Lincoln took the presidential oath of office for the second time. The speech he just
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Above: Abraham Lincoln in 1860, before the Civil War; and in 1865, near the end of the war (age 56). —————————————— This week we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence as a nation, and although we have much to worry about these days, we do also have much to celebrate. Our Constitution, democracy,
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Above Painting: For He Had Great Possessions, 1894, George Frederic Watts (British, 1817–1904) ————————————- As Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one
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A certain ruler asked Jesus, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your
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Above: Remote Russian village ————- In his book, The Insanity of Obedience, Nik Ripken (2014, pp. 279-287) tells about meeting Dmitri in the former USSR. Born of Christian parents, Dmitri found himself and his family living under communism in an area where the nearest church was a three-day walk away. He
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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants; Matthew 21:33-43 (…continued) Knowing what we know about renting and owning, what can we say about that? First of all we might want to ask, “What on earth could they have be thinking?” Were those tenants insane? Is that how it works: if you kill
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(Jesus said), “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine-press in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went on a journey. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants
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Matthew 24:42-44 — (Jesus said), “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
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