"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." (Jeremiah 6:16)
Basil of Caesarea on Psalmody “Psalmody is the Church’s voice. From hence may not everything be acquired? …Is there a blessing to be named which here resides not? The splendors of theology beam refulgent; Jesus is predicted; the resurrection is announced; judgment is proclaimed; the sword of vengeance is unsheathed; crowns of glory glitter; speakless … Read more
Dabney on the Old and New Concepts of Equality “The new meanings of which the “Whigs” of 1776 never dreamed are now the current ones. Those wise statesmen meant to teach that all men are morally equal in the sense of the Golden Rule: that while individual traits, rights, and duties vary widely in the … Read more
Brief Definitions of Nation and Empire by Stuart DiNenno All nations in the Bible are based on a common blood lineage, which is a shared ethnicity. In fact, the biblical word that is translated nation in our English NT Scriptures is the Greek word ethnos, from which we get our English word ethnic. And the … Read more
Beware When Most Christians Call You a Nice Guy by Stuart DiNenno Beware when the majority of today’s professing Christians speak well of you and consider you a “nice guy” who loves everyone and is loved by everyone. It is the nice guys and their devoted followers who have sold out and made peace with … Read more
Jewel: The Care of Both Tables of the LawIs Committed to a Christian Prince by God “We give our magistrates no further liberty than what we find is their due by the Word of God, and what the practice and example of the best governed commonwealths have confirmed. For besides that, the care of both … Read more
Chrysostom on the Sin of the Sodomites “For even if there were no hell, and no punishment had been threatened, this were worse than any punishment. Yet if you say “they found pleasure in it,” you tell me what adds to the vengeance. For suppose I were to see a person running naked, with his … Read more
Calvin on Living Peaceably With All Men (Romans 12:18) “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.” (Romans 12:18) “Peaceableness and a life so ordered as to render us beloved by all, is no common gift in a Christian. If we desire to attain this, we must not … Read more
Bolton: The Law Sends Us to the Gospel;The Gospel Sends Us to the Law “Just as the Papists set up the law for justification, so the Antinomians decry the law for sanctification. We claim to be free from the curses of the law; they would have us free from the guidance, from the commands of … Read more
Romans Thirteen and Christian Resistance to Evil Rulers by Stuart DiNenno Contrary to what is commonly taught in today’s churches, the Bible does not require Christians to submit unconditionally and absolutely to an Anti-Christ government. Introduction Perhaps there is no Bible passage more abused than Romans 13. The teaching of the modern “evangelical” or “reformed” … Read more
The Biblical Definition of Our Neighborand Our Responsibility to Help Him Contrary to what you may have been led to believe: (1) the Bible does not teach that everyone in the entire world is our neighbor; (2) the Bible does teach that our duty to assist strangers is a limited one; and (3) the Bible … Read more