Tag: authority
Biblical Principle #220: Israel’s Grain Offerings
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, GOD gave specific instructions regarding grain offerings. Explanation Here are the instructions GOD gave to Israel through Moses in the Law about grain offerings. Grain Offering Preparations
Biblical Principle #161: God Accepts Certain Deviations
Biblical Principles List Principle In certain circumstances, God accepts deviations from His instructions, when the person’s motive is to honor God. Explanation This principle is tricky to articulate. I want to be careful not to mislead anyone by misrepresenting GOD’s character and mindset. We previously established that, when GOD gives specific instructions, He expects those…
Biblical Principle #160: When God Specifies (Do Exactly That)
Biblical Principles List Principle When God specifies something, He expects and demands exactly what He said. Explanation We previously covered GOD’s miraculous consumption of the sacrifice offered by Aaron and his sons as their first priestly actions on behalf of the people of Israel. Unfortunately, tragedy immediately followed this miracle. 9:22 Then Aaron lifted his…
Biblical Principle #79: God Oversees All Nations
Biblical Principles List Principle God oversees all nations (and keeps wickedness in check). Explanation GOD oversees and interacts with humanity at multiple levels. We have previously established that GOD is just, hates sin, and that all sin must be punished. At the individual level, GOD watches our lives, recording our actions in His books (see…
Jesus and Justice [Re-Thinking Christians’ Responsibility Towards Racism]
In recent years, America has experienced numerous high-profile deaths of black people at the hands of white people and/or police. George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Philando Castille. Ahmaud Arbery. The list goes on and on. The collective weight of these situations has reopened the already-raw wounds that many black people have felt for decades and centuries.…
The Gospel to the Primary Audience (Focusing on what Scripture meant for its original recipients)
These days I have more ideas than time and energy to execute on those ideas. I haven’t always been that way. I used to think about one thing and work on that one thing until it was finished. Patient, persistent, never giving up. Here’s one idea I’ve had fermenting for a while. If I have…
The Christian’s Attitude Towards Government (How Christians should think, speak and act towards government)
I have a confession. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 2015 that states could not forbid homosexual “marriage,” I was pretty despondent. I struggled with my attitude. When I heard that the Texas state government had stood up in resistance to this judgment, my heart was glad. (“GOD bless Texas!”) Then, when I…
Five Problems with Command, Example, Necessary Inference and Silence of the Scriptures Doctrines (CENI+SoS)
The following is an excerpt from my book House Church Reflections. Download it free. … In our particular “fellowship,” the favorite topic to teach and preach on (based on how frequently it was discussed) was what we referred to as “Bible authority.” With regard to biblical authority, there were two fundamental doctrines emphasized dealing with the…
Download House Church Reflections E-Book
In April 2010, my wife Holly and I helped start a church that meets in our home in Montgomery, Alabama. For several reasons that decision was, by far, the most difficult one I had made in my life and has, to this point, been among the most fulfilling. As that church’s fourth anniversary was approaching,…
Biblical Baptism, Part 2 (Should the Bible be Viewed as Only Descriptive or Also Prescriptive?)
Welcome to part 2 of my Biblical Baptism series. If you missed Part 1, click here to read it. Download series as a PDF Apologies: I haven’t gotten my downloads set up since migrating my website. Message me at webmaster [at] chasingalion [.] com and I’ll send you the PDF ASAP. Before we dive into the…