The sovereign God 008 – The sovereign God & the Son, the express image of the glory of God
Meditations on the sovereign God 007
America’s Established Religion is Polytheism
America’s Established Religion is Neither Secularism Nor Christianity
The U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the opening of monthly town meetings in Greece, NY with prayers by clergy is problematic because contrary to its stated intent, it does establish a religion for the civil sphere. The high court says they’re okay with the town meeting prayers, as long as the city invites other religions and not just the clergy of the Christian religion.
We in 20th century America are accustomed to the Christian religion being primary; however, for most of human history, the major religions of the world have not been the Christian religion. The religion of Rome, Greece, and many Continue reading “America’s Established Religion is Polytheism”
Thor
Thor
The movie, Thor, is, of course, Marvel Comics’ version of the mythological character from Norse mythology. But there are a couple of important points made in the movie. The character Thor represents several different biblical principles.
Like humanity rejected from the Garden, he doesn’t obey his father (Gen. 3:12), he’s ejected from Paradise & kingship (Gen. 3:22-4), & he faces humiliation & capture by mankind (Matt. 26:57-27:14).
Sovereign God 008 – The Sovereign God & The Son
Last What?
“Last” means Last, right?
We could talk about the fact that the Hebrew and Greek can mean “last,” as in “final.” Same for the word “end.” But is that the way to study scripture? Or does scripture interpreter scripture? Is the context more important? By the way, that last question is really important. Did I just use the word “last” in a different way than last? The last question I asked was not the last question of this post or this blog or in history. It was simply the most recent sequential question before I said it was really important.