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Fathers, Bring Them Up: A Devotional

8/18/2017

 
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So...as I've written previously that the change of a culture starts at home, here is what I do, in part, to actually fulfill my obligation, of raising up my girls in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Eph. 6:4), as God gives me grace and strength (Rom. 11:36).

​Of course, you need to know that this is a very 
flexible schedule. The times can be altered for sure. Also, please don't imagine any of these activities as perfect little sessions. ​​They are not. It's organized chaos with orderly discipline installed as necessary (to the best of my ability as God gives me grace).

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Movie Review: God's Not Dead 2

3/28/2016

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Having not liked the first movie hardly at all, admittedly, I wasn't very excited about the prospect of a second one. Especially given that the premise seemed to be centered around the debate in the setting of a public, government-funded school, I was all set to write a scathing review about the movie and how it's truly fighting the wrong battle.

However, having seen it, I must say that it was very good, and I would recommend it to others.

Of course, there are some positive and negative elements I wish to explore; but overall, I think the movie is worth your time and money.
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Is It a Sin to be Rich? Is it Righteous to be Poor?

8/28/2015

 
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A rich man's wealth is his strong city
-Proverbs 10:15

The blessing of the Lord makes rich
-Proverbs 10:22

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath
-Proverbs 11:4

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall
-Proverbs 11:28
Isn't it interesting that Scripture teaches so clearly such an ambivalent attitude toward money and wealth.

For instance it is seen as a definite blessing that Abraham and Job were wealthy individuals (Gen. 13:2; Job 42:10). Likewise, Moses prays for the Lord to establish the work of their hands (Ps. 90:17 - bless their work and the fruit of that work), while Jabez also prayed for God's material blessings (1 Chron. 4:10). And both of these were seen as good things. Yet eslewhere in Scripture there are very sharp rebukes against the wealthy (Jas. 5:1-6;cf. Lk. 6:24).

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"Back to School" and the Christian Life

8/25/2014

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One Room Schoolhouse by William Ladd Taylor
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
-Proverbs 23:23
I remember loving this time of year - especially as I grew older. And I still love it!

By the time I was in college "back to school" was the greatest phrase to me. It meant learning, understanding; growing. How could that not be something everyone would want to do?(1) And in the Biblical context that's truly a legitimate desire.(2)

But the key is, only in a Biblical context is the pursuit of knowledge a legitimate endeavor. Yes we have the teacher saying all throughout the book of Proverbs that we ought to go after knowledge, seek knowledge, get knowledge.(2) Knowledge ought to be a primary pursuit!
But the thing is, knowledge to Solomon is not something in and of itself. He defines "knowledge" as an understanding at which the very foundation is the fear of the Lord (Prv. 1:7). In other words, whereas the fool - the very fool who in his heart says "there is no God" (Ps. 14:1) - whereas he is one who literally "hates knowledge" (Prv. 1:22, true knowledge), the godly man (in God's sovereign mercy) understands that true knowledge can only be attained by beginning with the fear of the Lord (Prv. 1:7, 9:10).

True knowledge (and I say true knowledge because there is in Scripture something described as a knowledge falsely so-called - 1 Tim. 6:20): True knowledge does not merely conclude with the fear of the Lord, nor does it merely accept the fear of the Lord along the way. True knowledge begins - at its most basic point - begins with the fear of the Lord.

And that certainly has implications for the Christian life and how we go about the business of "back to school."

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