Who Were the Founders?
I made a statement in my post about how America has been like Paris Hilton about the beginning of our nation—what the atmosphere was like at the founding and what the people there believed and what they chose to use as a basis for their law and principles.
Since this happens frequently, I believe that it would be beneficial to actually look at these thing—to frame the discussion and give context (and an anchor) to future discussion, I believe it’s as good I time as any to talk this through.
The Founders and Their Religion
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Where Are All The Men?
A great discussion has erupted over on Is This Modest. It started out talking about romancing one’s husband, but mutated into a discussion about men and the church. The question that is running around the comments section is “Has the church become so feminized that men don’t care to attend?
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Respect a Man I Disagree With?
The setting was the Roman Empire. From his prison cell, the Apostle Paul was writing letters to churches and individuals instructing them on the faith—teaching doctrine through words that would be read and parsed down through the generations.
It was a bad time to be a Christian. Not in the grand scheme of things, for Christianity was growing and spreading in a manner that startled world leaders, but in the sense that one could be put to death in the most cruel manners (crucifixion, human torch, fed to lions, etc.).
It was with this backdrop that Paul instructed believers about those that rule over us:
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. – Romans 13:1-2
The passage goes on to say that all rulers are ordained by God for the purpose of keeping the law, and that we ought to pay taxes to them. Ouch.
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10 Questions for Christmas Conversation
I know, the holidays are over. Because of my schedule and the changes that are going on in my family’s life over the past month since I was told that I had to find new employment, I’ve been a pretty delinquent blogger. That couldn’t stop me, however, from noticing this great post by Christa Taylor at Empowered Traditionalist, and from wanting to take part.
So, pardon my lateness.
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Have You Had Enough?
Another holiday season has come, and one thing is certain—we’ve all had a lot to eat. I’m not sure where the tradition came from, but what I am certain is that this is not just the season for presents and good cheer, it’s also the season to make exotic dishes in the hopes that family will eat them.
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Sexual Sin and the Church
She is sleeping with her boyfriend, left the church because they were going to discipline her, should they follow through with the public announcement?
That is the situation a church in Florida found itself in this past week as a woman in the church first confessed to a woman in her Bible Study that she was in an immoral affair, and then (ironically) tried to stop that church from declaring what she did was a sin.
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You R Going 2 Die
So said the scrawling on the bathroom stall I found myself in Monday morning. Now, I guess I could have taken it as a warning, and left immediately, but instead I found myself reflecting on the fact that we’re all mortal, and we all have a short time on Earth to make an impact.
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