“All they that hate me love death” (Proverbs 8:36) Sadly, because all men without exception are sinners, the most fundamental factor in understanding anthropology is the Thanatos factor. With entirely non-Freudian implications, the Thanatos Syndrome is simply the natural sinful inclination to death and defilement. All men have morbidly embraced death (Romans 5:12). At the Fall, mankind was suddenly …
Thou Shalt Not Kill!
This commandment forbids that barbarous and inhuman sin of murder, the first-born of the devil, who was a murderer from the beginning (John 8:48). It forbids the first branded crime that we read of, wherein natural corruption, contracted by the Fall, vented its rancor and virulence: the sin of Cain that great instance of perdition who slew his brother …
God Smiles on Humility!
The Way Up is Down (Chapter 1 Verses 6-7) The dress John wore marked him out as a prophet (Zechariah 13.4), the rough hairy garment was the usual dress. The prophet Elijah fore-shadowed John the Baptist in his stern preaching of repentance (Malachi 4.5; Mark 9.11-12; Luke 1.17). This is a missing element in preaching …
Spirit-Filled Power!
The Way Up is Down (Chapter 1 Verses 6-7) The dress John wore marked him out as a prophet (Zechariah 13.4), the rough hairy garment was the usual dress. The prophet Elijah fore-shadowed John the Baptist in his stern preaching of repentance (Malachi 4.5; Mark 9.11-12; Luke 1.17). This is a missing element in preaching …
England Swings!
England swings like a pendulum do, Mopeds and riders two by two; Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben, Nobody’s safe, not even the children. England swings like a pendulum do, Bobbies on bikes,? Well, yeah, they used to; Car thieves and Jihadis, you could come a cropper, And you might not see the sign …
Our Venerable King James Version!
Introduction The last fifty years or so have seen a wide proliferation of new translations of the Bible. Some have hailed this proliferation as a blessing, which makes the study of Scripture easier and enriches one’s understanding of the outdated English of the King James Version (henceforth the KJV). Others, however, see it as a …
Grace’s Culture Cure!
The Culture Cure? A Radical Ministry (Chapter 1 Verses 1-3) These words originally spoken by Isaiah (Isaiah 40.3-5), referred in the first place to Israel’s return route from exile. Their disobedience to God had caused them to lose the promised land, exiled in Babylon. The way back was by no means smooth and straight. There …
