Christians Should Respect the US Constitution (2) – Short Reasons from Ethics, History, Bible
The intended purpose of the Constitution is clear – set forth in the “Preamble”...
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Category: Isaiah & Micah
“Woe to those who make unjust laws.” – Isaiah
Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of...
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NO RELIGIOUS BULLIES. We Must “Lift Our VOICES” – While We Lay Down Our SWORDS.
“Declare to my people … their sins.” Jesus, Isaiah, the prophets, the apostles...
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We Must Speak Up. “Lift your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their sins.”
God requires it of the prophet. He MUST speak out about what he sees going on. Shout it aloud, do...
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Stand With Israel? Not When Israel Stands Against God.
We are often told we must love Israel – which is true – we are to love all...
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Are Economic Matters a Moral Issue? Isaiah Thinks So.
In spite of Isaiah, and other Bible sources, we’ve all heard this – something like:...
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NE Gov Candidate – "Do Justice, Love Mercy"
Chuck Hassebrook (D-NE Governor candidate) closed out his campaign last night by quoting Micah...
Read MoreEconomic Judgment Coming, or Repentance – or Both?
The prior post (“Twillight of the Gods – Greed and Money”) mentioned increasing economic distress throughout our nation. This is for real. I expect it will continue, though the extent to which it spreads and...
Read MoreIsaiah, with Question: “Where Will You Leave Your Riches?”
Isaiah 10:1-3 (emphasis added) Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and...
Read MoreNLT Nails It in Micah 7. “Together they scheme to twist justice.”
The New Living Translation (1996, International Bible Society, Colorado Springs) is sometimes fun to read, though not the most reliable or scholarly of the translations available in English. But this, which we read in church...
Read MoreIsaiah 58: Moral Patterns Have Consequences, Blessings Are Available
Isaiah 58 (like much of Isaiah) is awesome. For example, here’s verse 2. 2 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the...
Read MoreThere Is Great Hope for America, But We Have to Get Real. – Isaiah 58
Can we hope that God might be willing to bless America? I think Isaiah chapter 58 does offer some hope. Connie and I got to work on this chapter together on our recent road trip. We had each spent 2 or 3 days on it separately,...
Read MoreDid Isaiah Know About Our Dishonest, Self-Serving “Mainstream” Media?
In a recent forum topic MadTheologian complains about this administration not being held to account. That is so true. “We the people” in general bear some real guilt for not wanting to know the truth and not putting...
Read MoreCriticism, and A Beautiful Vision for Our Day – from Isaiah 58
From that awesome chapter, Isaiah 58: “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,” Have you noticed how often...
Read MoreMicah on Economic Violence (& Abortion)
Here’s a Scripture that should be used to argue against abortion, don’t you think? From Micah 3: Micah saw ECONOMIC injustice as tearing the flesh from people, breaking their bones, chopping them up like meat. Then I...
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