People are gathering in buildings, but the church is dead. For believers, it's like living in Siberia. The false church is disintegrating and the Great Resignation is in progress. Polynesian celestial navigation provides us an analogy for how we can endure to the end.
Category: Christianity
forgiveness, suffering, love, marriage vows, salvation, sin, repentance, reconciliation, separation & divorce, remarriage, prayer, Christian maturity, gossip vs. disclosure, submission, husband as head, Scripture, boundaries, justice
We will all be judged for our deeds, so let us keep on planting seeds of truth.
Despite all the things which blight most of the seeds we plant, we keep on planting seeds. We will all be judged for our deeds, so let us keep on planting seeds even if the orchard never grows or produces any fruit that we can see.
Love your enemies. What does this mean? How is it to be applied?
Jesus told us to love our enemies. What does this mean? How is it to be applied? How do you define 'enemy'? Should we let our enemies live with us? Should we let enemies be part of our church communities? How does blessed are you when you are persecuted for righteousness sake relate to all this?
What does “one flesh” signify? Fictive kinship? Or sexual intercourse? (Butler Series)
Does "one flesh" refer to the act of sexual intercourse? Or does it signify kinship? Joshua Butler argues in Beautiful Union that "one flesh" means sexual intercourse. ...one flesh zeroes in much more directly on the center of sex itself: bodily union. ... One flesh is about the merging of two separate bodies into one.… Continue reading What does “one flesh” signify? Fictive kinship? Or sexual intercourse? (Butler Series)
“God hates divorce” is a mistranslation — Malachi 2:16 Digest
My most important posts about Malachi 2:16 God hates divorce? Not always. If a man hates his wife he should set her free from the marriage. That’s what Malachi 2:16 says. “If thou hatest her, put her away, and give her a clothing for the scorn” — Malachi 2:16 in the Matthew Bible The 1611… Continue reading “God hates divorce” is a mistranslation — Malachi 2:16 Digest
Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt
Some people teach that when an abuse victim is rebuking the abuser, the victim must do so in a way that shows evident love and respect for the abuser. Is that teaching in the Bible, or is it a doctrine which people have invented? Let me show you an example of that teaching. I adapted… Continue reading Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt
A Cry For Justice 