“However, the prayer of the publican, the tax collector, was the model for us in approaching God in gratitude for the gift of life in total recognition of our unworthiness to even hold our heads up in our Lord’s presence. This is the offering of authorized incense before the Lord.” Mike Ratliff Luke 18:13 And… Continue reading Strange Fire
Category: Confessions and Catechisms
Reblogging..A Biblical Response to “Transgender Day of Visibility”
Pretty good article from a fairly tame and Biblical site. I’m just finishing reading about this in the Westminster Large Catechism, Ten Commandments Q&A, it’s quite informative, written almost 400 years ago. Has any ever read it completely? The Larger, not the Shorter. The issue that we have as Christians with a national push to… Continue reading Reblogging..A Biblical Response to “Transgender Day of Visibility”
Working our way out of sin…
I’ve been working my way through the duties and sins found in deeply mining the Ten Commandments as discussed in the Westminster Larger Catechism. Mike’s post below is appropriate to the topic. We had a guest speaker at our church yesterday and he spoke on: Luke 9:23-26 And he said to them all, If any… Continue reading Working our way out of sin…
A 92% Syncretic Worldview
In my reading this morning I notice a comment that seemed shocking. George Barna points out in American Worldview Inventory 2024 that the current prevailing worldview is Syncretism (92%), and the second most popular is a Biblical Worldview (4%). According to Wikipedia, religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system or the incorporation of… Continue reading A 92% Syncretic Worldview