Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
I just wanted to call out this section of Luke 4. The sad reality is that pride keeps us from opening our hearts to the message simply because the messenger is too familiar.
We must be very careful that we never despise the familiar simply because it is familiar. There are parents in this [...]
Posted in Sermons, The Gospel of Luke on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
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Posted in Culture, Homosexuality on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Interestingly, in spite of the nature of this debate (based on biblical evidence), homosexual theologians have taken the view that Scripture is ultimately not too critical in assuming the validity of homosexuality in the Christian Church. Stanton Jones, in debating the homosexual theological use of Scripture, writes, “There are only two ways one can neutralize [...]
