By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord (Proverbs 17:15 NKJV). The balance demanded of the Lord – neither justifying the wicked nor condemning the just – is not always easy to maintain. This is especially so in …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Christians On Main Street
By Tom M. Roberts The Monastic concept is a withdrawal from life, a retreat to cloistered walls and inner contemplation that isolates one from contemporaries in a sinful world. The Gnostic concept is a participation in sinful life with the physical body but a philosophical denial of the reality of guilt to the spiritual being. Both …
Covetousness: An Inadequate Definition
By Johnny Stringer I have often heard covetousness defined as the desire for something that belongs to someone else. I do not believe this definition is correct. Thayer defines Pleonexia, translated “covetousness”) as “a greedy desire.” To covet something is not just to desire it, but to have a greedy desire. It is to desire something …
Mt. 7:14: The Strait Gate And The Narrow Way . . .Few Find It!
By Kenneth E. Thomas According to an article in The Bradenton Herald recently, Mr. David B. Barrett, who is styled as a scholar of the Church of England, states that “Currently, of the world’s 4.8 billion people, there are 1.6 billion Christians, 837 million Moslems, 661 million Hindus, 300 million Buddhists, 457 million of other religions, …
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