Proverbs 19:28 to 20:1: Three Verses About Scoffing

April 28, 2022Posted inBook of Proverbs
Most of our English translations (the exception is the NIV) obscure a significant point in the translation of these three verses. All three use a form of a Hebrew word that means to scoff or mock. To demonstrate the connection between the verses, we can translate as follows: A worthless witness will scoff at judgment,…

Some Thoughts on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage

April 20, 2022Posted inMarriage and Divorce
There are 4 passages in the gospels in which the Lord instructs us regarding marriage, divorce and remarriage. Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit…

The Freedom and Bondage of Our Wills

April 13, 2022Posted inBondage of the Will
We may include three inner activities in the power of the will. The most obvious is the power to choose between alternatives. God created us different from the animals in that we do not act just by instinct; we can choose to act contrary to it. Thus, we may have the instinct to run away…

God’s Sovereignty Over Sin

April 8, 2022Posted inGod's Sovereignty
Atheism professes that there is no God, and the question of the sovereignty of God over it, or over anything, simply does not arise. Determinism holds that we don’t really make choices, that we are all just puppets in the hands of God, of evolution, of our genes, or of the universe. We have no…

Wisdom in the Book of Job (Part 3: Chapters 38-42)

April 1, 2022Posted inJob, Wisdom
Job has already taken one pounding from his young friend Elihu. In these chapters he takes another from the Lord himself. It is a severe mercy that the Lord shows him here. Job has acted wickedly and very foolishly in thinking that he could justify himself in God’s eyes. The Lord brings him back to…