Please pardon my lack of blogging. I had some heavy preparation work for a seminar on “parenting adult children” and another on “suffering” recently, as well as working on several writing projects. I am hoping to get back into a better routine in the near future. . In the meantime, ...
Some critics of wife-spanking complain that we must have a specific instance of a woman being physically disciplined by her husband in the Bible to justify a husband spanking his wife. But we do not need specific examples of behaviors to justify behaviors. As long as a behavior does not...
There is much confusion and misunderstanding about what the Bible teaches about the future of the nation of Israel. In a discussion about the mistaken views of many Reformed “Covenant Theologians” I posted the following comment in reply to a comment of one of my highly esteemed good friends ...
In the passage below from the book of Proverbs, the Bible gives us an entire list of examples of decisions that good wives could make on a daily basis: “10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so ...
2 Corinthians 1:3–9 The knowledge of God is worth the cost of suffering. If the goal of biblical counseling is to bring biblical counsel, and if that counsel is to have the same emphasis and objective of the text itself; if the aim of our counseling is biblical, it must have the ai...
Of course, we will have the naysayers who point to men like Samson who took Nazarite vows (Numbers 6:1-21) which forbid them from cutting their hair or other examples of women shaving their heads when in mourning for the death of loved ones. These situations are exceptions to God’s com...
One doctrine at least, that of a resurrection, and even of a material resurrection (2 Maccabees 14:46), was brought out into the most distinct apprehension by suffering. "It is good to look for the hope from God, to be raised up again by him" (πάλιν ἀναστήσεσ...
Soldier Saints of the Old Testament In November, as many nations remember their war dead, let's look at biblical examples of bravery in battle. The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) This famous parable tells the story of a Good Samaritan who helps a wounded stranger, while ...
Examples of dealing with bible difficulties (what some of the authors of FBVI would call contradictions) in the OT and NT are given. Geisler also answers the errantists charges against inerrantists of being unbiblical, unhistorical, using the slippery slope argument, being parochial, unethical,...
As you can see from the examples above, the old man is simply no good. The New Man Thenew manis patterned afterChrist. Since the new man is free in the"law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:2), it is impossible for him to sin. Why? Because the spiritual seed of...