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For the sake of the elect

FOR THE SAKE OF THE ELECT

Sometimes I can be a real glutton for punishment. Like right now. I’m going to take two important articles of the Christian faith and mash them together, possibly in a way that they were not intended to be melded, but in a way that I believe is grammatically defensible and that also meets the letter of the Law and the spirit of grace. I could be mistaken–you be the judge. I don’t think what I’ll write meets the bar of...

Christian Marriage

CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE

In this post, I’d like to discuss marriage, specifically, Christian marriage.  I do this without any intention to disparage how one society or another views marriage (e.g. child marriage), or the other customs that relate to marriage in different societies.  So, my focus will be on what the authors of the Bible and those ecclesiastical authorities who followed during the two millennia later taught and practiced. In the most succinct terms, Jesus defined marriage in Matthew 19:5, 6 where He said: “For this reason, a man will leave...

Hungry wolf

Le Loup et L’Agneau

Throughout the ages, society has drawn on a unique class of poets and authors. These are people who craft fables and spin short stories that have moral messages, especially for children and the otherwise illiterate and unlearned peasants of their age. The most famous, without a doubt was Aesop, and his fables are taught to children even today. What child has not heard of the Tortoise and the Hare, from which they learn perseverance? Less known to American audiences is...

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