“A word from Your lips, just a nod of Your head,And white doves would take the place of these crows.Replace all the crows that caw from dead pulpits,And bring life to Your people, revive them again.” 21 Prayers, p. 129 The post Replace All the Crows appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

Faith and the Long War: Introduction. : After our first parents fell into sin, one of the first things that happened was that God placed a curse on all three of the participants in that most unfortunate event—on Adam, on Eve, and on the serpent. God asked Adam first what had happened, and then He spoke … The post Dedication Sermon for Our Church Hall appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

“If we were looking for a term in English that had a similar etymology and cachet as ‘Pharisee,’ it would be something like the term ‘Puritan.’ Both words indicate some kind of desire for separation and holiness. Like Pharisaism, Puritanism was noble in its founding, had some glorious exemplars, was doctrinally rigorous, went to seed … The post A Distant Parallel appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

A Couple Correctives: Re: A Christian Take on Conspiracy Thought, I must offer a corrective. Having lived 70 years, I know, based on what my Mom, my grandmother, and my great-grandmother taught me, thunder is not evidence of the devil beating his wife. When it’s raining while the sun is shining at the same time, … The post So. Letters About the Devil Beating His Wife. appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

“The difference is much wider than the fact that Christians have both the Old and New Testaments while the Jews have the Old Testament. Rather, the distinction is that Christians have the entire Word of God while the Jews have an Old Testament which they have in effect nullified with their traditions. This process was … The post Down to the Present appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

Preamble to Any Commentary: For anyone who wants to do more than just have opinions about the California fires, I have a few recommendations for you. Here are some links to folks who are doing good, reliable work. The first is here. And here is a link to Grace Community. And a friend in California … The post The Revenge of the Blue Collar White Guy appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

Acts of the Apostles (16): Introduction: A superficial reading of Stephen’s speech will mislead you into thinking what George Bernard Shaw once said, when he argued that Stephen was a “tactless and conceited bore.” He recites the history of Israel, which the Sanhedrin already knew, and then wraps it all up by insulting them. “No … The post Where the Lord Is appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

“So according to Christ, the rabbis had been supplanting the teaching of the Word of God for the sake of their traditions, and they had been doing this for centuries [Mark 7:6-13]. To be clear, what Jesus is talking about here is a gradually forming Talmud.” American Milk and Honey, pp. 47-48 The post Not to be Harmonized appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more

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“Replacing the Temple system with the tradition of the elders resulted in what might be called the triumph of Pharisaism, and the Talmud is the monument to that triumph. Prior to the judgment on Jerusalem, they already had a few centuries of a wrong-footed head start; the traditions that Jesus so violently rejected were the … The post Jesus and the Talmud appeared first on Blog & Mablog ..read more