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War…What Is It Good For…Absolutely Anything?
The history of “just war” principles focused on two main facets: What are the criteria for determining whether it is right to go to war When you decide to go to war, how should it be conducted Criteria
Continue reading...Jacob and Esau Part Ways – Genesis 28:1-9
In a 1984 New York Times Magazine article by John Bowers about brothers, he writes: “I am mystified by siblings who have never competed, who get along magically – or, stranger still, do not
Continue reading...Curse on Canaan – Genesis 9:18-29
Attempts have been made to excuse Noah’s drunkenness. Some have suggested that the new conditions of the earth (the absence of the water canopy that some have untenably suggested protected earth
Continue reading...The Seed of the Woman – Genesis 3:14,15
Yahweh Elohim has questioned Adam about his sin, then questioned Eve, but He does not question the serpent. Instead, He curses the serpent. Serpents, or snakes, have historically been symbols of evil,
Continue reading...Quarrels and Fights – James 4:1-12
Did the early church live in perfect harmony? Of course not. The examples of disunity abound. And disunity is looked at as a severe sin. James here explains why. What causes quarrels and what causes
Continue reading...The Anger of Man – James 1:19-21
There is a righteous anger, like when Jesus displayed anger at those who had demeaned the temple of God with their commerce. The anger of man that James is speaking about is not just or righteous, but
Continue reading...Diotrephes Likes to Put Himself First – 3 John 1:9,10
It is fascinating that here, in the first century church, there are people who brazenly reject the authority of the apostles and seek to elevate their authority above God’s appointed leaders in the
Continue reading...Christian Court – 1 Corinthians 6:1-11
One of the greatest needs in a community of humans is conflict resolution. Moses spent hours and hours judging the people of Israel until his father-in-law encouraged him to appoint numerous judges to
Continue reading...Proper Judging – 1 Corinthians 4:1-7
Cami Ostman tells a personal story of how she and a friend were misunderstood and criticized when they lost track of a marathon route because of a late start and ended up following the runners ahead of
Continue reading...Test of Spirituality – 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
The words of this 1997 article in Christianity Today leave me feeling sad: “I was startled recently when I went through the news columns of Christianity Today for 1996 and found over a dozen
Continue reading...Maintain Unity – Ephesians 4:1-6
We’ve all seen the clever signs churches post to attract people to church or just to express truth. One that has been posted is, “Mud Thrown Is Ground Lost.” There is a self-defeating
Continue reading...Punch to the Gut 1 – Job 4
Wiki How to Do Anything has an article on How to Know Whether You’re Insensitive, and it’s not bad. It shows you how to understand what sensitivity is (both cognitive and emotional), how to
Continue reading...Angels of Light – 2 Corinthians 11:1-15
One of my favorite preachers, someone whose messages always moved me to tears for the glory of the gospel, turned out to be an immoral, narcissistic man who was preying on women during his pastorate. He
Continue reading...Not So Great Leaders – 2 Corinthians 10
In Jim Collins landmark book Good to Great, he chronicles 11 companies that “began on par with the prevailing market and became great by achieving major increases of at least three times that of
Continue reading...Managing Pain – 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11
You see someone for the first time since they’ve experienced tragic loss. Do you mention their loss and talk about it? Absolutely! It happened to me just the other day and it was apparent that talking
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