Woe to unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws. They deprive the poor of justice and deny the rights of the needy… What will you do when I punish you, when I send disaster upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Isaiah 10.1-3 Behold, the Judge is
Ready or not, another presidential election season is upon us. Is it just me, or do these seem to come around more often than they used to?! At this writing, the presumptive nominees of the two major political parties are Joe Biden and Donald Trump – the sitting president, and the previous president. As Christians
In a few days, we’ll all have the opportunity to exercise one of our most precious freedoms – the right to vote. We will elect school board members, judges, and state and federal leaders. This is a God-given privilege, which many people in the world do not have, and every Christian should therefore seriously consider
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1.27 In his classic Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis famously described a lunatic as “on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg.” In my wife’s nurses’ training,
One of the truisms in pastoral ministry is that ‘politics and religion don’t mix.’ The meaning of that axiom, while poorly worded, is this: The heart of our message to the world is based in the gospel, not politics. That gospel contains ‘bad news’ (which is about us) and ‘good news’ (which is about God).
Phil Congdon, New Braunfels Bible Church, June 28, 2015 Two days ago the Supreme Court of the United States decreed that any and all state laws against homosexual marriage are unconstitutional. In layman’s terms, this pits the law of our land against the law of God. By mandating this understanding, we in the church who uphold
