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Tag Archives: Slavery
What the Ten Plagues of Egypt Should Teach Us About the Character of God
Where God Himself said He would harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not listen to them, so that God could display His power to Egypt, and Israel, do some find fault with God?More
God Saw the People of Israel, and God Knew
God sees, and God knows, when His people groan under genuine oppression, as they see fetters being fashioned rhetorically, psychologically, and procedurally. More
Whether Christians Should Ever Challenge Authority
What happens to godly self-control if someone who claims authority actually is superseding control over us which we should be exercising over ourselves?More
Book Review: ‘White Cargo’ by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh
In ‘White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America’ by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, the disturbing and tragic tale is told of indentured servitude.More
Wise in Our Own Eyes
Being wise in our own eyes is a dangerous thing, whatever form it takes – whether excessively severe with regards to disciplining the body, or else rabidly licentious.More
Christian Liberty Defined and Contrasted
Christian liberty is the opposite of slavery to sin, which leads to death. Freedom is the freedom to obey God, including both knowing the truth and being set free by the truth. More
Book Review: ‘The Magna Carta of Humanity’ by Os Guinness
Like Alexis de Tocqueville, Os Guinness is a figure I have heard quoted often in books and interviews for several years but never read directly myself – until now. More
Book Review: ‘A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood’ by James P. Byrd
As President Lincoln said in his Second Inaugural Address, men on both sides of the Civil War “read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.”More
Book Review: ‘The Civil War as a Theological Crisis’ by Mark A. Noll
If you want to understand the American Civil War better, read Mark A. Noll’s book – The Civil War as a Theological Crisis. In it you will find that before the question of slavery was a political or military question to be answered on the battlefield, it was a theological question. How we read and interpret…More