Looking out the window at the world today, I have to wonder how we got here. Christians are promoting homosexuality as natural, supporting the transgender and gender neutral movements, accepting abortion as a viable choice, and siding with marriage infidelity ...
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The Bible, Slavery And ‘Jubilee’ Freedom
Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. —Inscription on the Liberty Bell (1752/3) This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. —Jesus of Nazareth (AD 30) Jubilee Bond Servants The Mosaic Law permitted ...
Read More »The Bible, Slavery And The ‘Home-Born Slave’
Our Lord Jesus was so in love with his undertaking that he would not go out free from it, and therefore engaged to persevere for ever in it; and for this reason he is able to save us to the ...
Read More »The Bible, Slavery And Indentured Service
God’s word meets us where we are in our slavery, and shows us the way toward responsible stewardship. —David Chilton Poverty and Charity Scripture speaks plainly about the devastation wrought in this world by sin. It also speaks to us ...
Read More »What Does An ‘Eye For An Eye’ Really Mean?
I told them [the Texas legislature] that the only answer to the crime problem is to take nonviolent criminals out of our prisons and make them pay back their victims with restitution. —Chuck Colson, Transforming Our World (1988) But modern ...
Read More »What Does The Bible Say About Work?
There is a debate in intellectual circles about whether or how much people should work. The debate isn’t new. Nearly a century ago the famous progressive economist John Maynard Keynes argued that we shouldn’t work so much, believing that eventually ...
Read More »The Gender-Neutral Movement: What Does The Bible Say?
Man, oh man. Sorry, was that a gender-biased way to start this column? Oh boy. Well, I just did it again. Is there anything inherently wrong with saying something that uses a word for one gender but not another? It ...
Read More »The Story Of Jesus As You’ve Never Heard It
You’ve likely read the biblical story about Jesus’ life and perhaps even have seen a few Hollywood-type movies, but you’ve probably never heard it told like today’s Off The Grid Radio guest tells it – with spiritual warfare taking place ...
Read More »Anti-Muslim Protests: Should Christians Participate?
How should Christians approach interacting with other groups with whom they strongly disagree? For example, recently there was a clash between anti-Muslim protest in Arizona’s capitol of Phoenix and others who came to support it in the face of the ...
Read More »Outlawing The Feeding Of Homeless People: What Does The Bible Say?
It is nothing new for cities to seek to try and eradicate the homeless population by enacting policies to make being homeless even more difficult. Cities can’t make being homeless illegal, so instead, cities outlaw everything that homeless people do ...
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