Ancient Latin inscription Answer: Martin Luther King Question: Who said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Oh that Dr. King’s dream
What do the sufferings of Christ have in common with the creation and with God’s love? God did not finish His creation … that was the humans’ job. God’s love is not completed … that is the human’s job. Here’s a third parallel observation. Not only was the creation perfect
The kingdom grows as God and man work together. In Mark’s fourth chapter Jesus begins “to teach beside the sea” by way of four parables, including this: The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and
Social justice warriors have been around for a long time. We posted recently about Charles Spurgeon and got this response from a reader, Jerry Miner. Thanks, Darrow! Spurgeon was surrounded by friends and colleagues who thought as he did. There was no artificial divide between social and true gospel. They
Our tour of virtues has taken us to meekness and then repentance. In this post we come to hope. Some people may be surprised to see hope included in a list of virtues. We often consider a person’s level of hope to be a dimension of personality. Some people are
What would a lingerie ad look like if Jesus made it? Is there a Christian way to advertise lingerie? Sounds crazy, but please stay with me. TV commercials are rarely the stuff of serious reflection. Exceptions really stand out. A few years ago Coca-Cola aired a charming commercial in Argentina with
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) Today’s evangelicalism derives from the fundamentalist movement, born around 1900 in reaction to liberal modernism, which had been influenced by Darwin’s new theory of naturalism. About the genesis of fundamentalism, Indian scholar Vishal Mangalwadi has noted, In reacting against rationalism, Fundamentalism abandoned studying the books of
In our consideration of 7 key virtues for social and moral development we come today to the concept of repentance. When we hear the word “repentance” we usually think of its application to salvation. For example, Jesus taught that repentance is a prerequisite to enter the kingdom (“From that time
“Please explain in one or two sentences what the DNA does.” I was recently asked that excellent question. It reminded me of the notion of an “elevator speech,” a statement that communicates what you do in the time it takes to ride an elevator from the top to the bottom
Most evangelicals agree that the purpose of the missionary task is to glorify God by proclaiming the gospel and making disciples of all nations. The Lausanne Covenant, for example, affirms that “We believe the Gospel is God’s good news for the whole world, and we are determined by his grace
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