Posts Tagged as ‘authority’

March 31, 2009

TUESDAY NOTES: Do Not Curse Your Leaders

So many laws found in the Old Testament are missed in our readings. Lengthy readings quickly become boring and mundane. Important commands with great applications are missed because they are overlooked by the reader. There is a text in Exodus 22 that seemingly falls into that category:
“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler [...]

January 29, 2009

MATH: Hazardous to Your Spiritual Health

Pop quiz! What is (4-3)+4(5+3)/3? The answer is eleven. Question two: what’s (Romans 10:17)+(John 8:24)+(Acts 17:30)+(Romans 10:10)+(Acts 22:16)? That’s the mathematical formula for salvation. Wait. Where is Ephesians 2:8? Shouldn’t grace be mentioned somewhere in the formula?
Too often scripture is viewed as a mathematical formula. There are five steps for this and five acts for [...]