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The “acceptable” addiction
You've probably heard sermons on the sins of drunkenness, drug abuse and greed. The Bible also commands us to flee from sexual immorality. So Christians often hear warnings about the contents of TV programs or internet pornography, and rightly so!—because Christians should not be enslaved to immorality, just as we should not live for drugs or sell out for money. These are addictions which clearly we must fight against. In regard to TV and the
On the leader’s personality
1 Samuel 16 Saul was anointed while seeking asses; David while tending sheep. The kings came from things commonplace. "God looketh on the heart" (v. 7). Skill, fine features, pleasing manners—"personality"—can be had by external imposition, and God cares little for such. His eye is on the heart. Now external effects are not bad—David had them: cunning, courageous, clever, and comely. But what was important was that "the Lord was with him" (v. 18). When
Faithful preaching… or just a guy giving his opinions?
Allegory is a great tool for illustrating a truth. Allegory is not evidence for that truth. Another way to say it is that allegory is designed to bring truth home. It is not designed to defend truth. To merely preach allegory is to preach without evidence and defence for the truth you are preaching. Onesimus An article published in the Biblical Builder recently (vol. 43, issue 3, pp. 18-19) illustrates the point. The author uses
Soul-stirring music
Have you ever experienced this? You're in church, singing with the congregation, and suddenly a line from the text becomes highlighted in your mind. You're arrested by its truth. The music flows on while your heart is stirred up toward God. You feel a lump in your throat and your eyes well up. You may not be a heart-on-sleeve kind of person (I'm not), but if worshiping God is a heart response to truth, then