A Time to Hate by Michael Spangler

A Time to Hate A sermon by Michael Spangler preached on September 7, 2025 The original sermon video can be seen here. I’ll read tonight from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time … Read more

The Narrow Way by Arthur Pink

The Narrow Way by Arthur Pink (1932) “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that … Read more

Excerpt From Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England (1769) Regarding a Husband’s Right to Discipline His Wife

Excerpt From Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England (1769) Regarding a Husband’s Right to Discipline His Wife Source: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/blackstone_bk1ch15.asp In the civil law the husband and wife are considered as two distinct persons; and may have separate estates, contracts, debts, and injuries: and therefore, in our ecclesiastical courts, a woman may sue and be … Read more

Laus Iracundiæ (Praise of Anger) by Robert L. Dabney

Laus Iracundiæ (Praise of Anger) by Robert L. Dabney (1869) Dr. Samuel Johnson is said to have exclaimed: “I do love a good hater.” This representative type of John Bull [John Bull isa national personification of England, like Uncle Sam for America; ed.] was taught by his sturdy good sense to pierce the hypocrisy of … Read more

Did Jephthah Kill His Daughter?

Did Jephthah Kill His Daughter? by Stuart DiNenno Did Jephthah offer his daughter in a human sacrifice to God (Judges 11:30-40)? I say no for the following reasons: — Both murder and human sacrifice were strictly forbidden by the law of Moses. — A vow to God to do something unlawful is not a valid … Read more