Since there can be no neutrality in civil government, all nations worship a “final authority” that is their god. There are only two options—Satan and Jehovah, the Triune God of the Bible!. ALL nations are therefore ultimately theocratic and worship one of these two gods!  Although it seems like a far-fetched pipe-dream now, one day I believe a majority of the citizens of the United States will want to be governed by God’s Word, the Bible. When this fact is realized, there are a…

Last week I laid out a biblical case for all civil governments being theocratic (a single god) rather than pluralistic (diverse gods), because there is no neutrality in all of life: “He who is not with Me is against Me” (Matthew 12:30), and that is true of nations as well as individuals A nation’s constitution expresses how a nation’s god wishes that nation to function. Today, I want to look at how we can realistically adjust our Constitution, and then our civil government, to…

Regardless of our personal experience with God, our nation’s civil government reflects the god we follow nationally. This “final authority”-source of the nation is its “god!”. Does its civil government align itself with the biblical model? Nations have only two broad categories of government as possibilities, as we have discussed previously on this blog—THEOCRACY and PLURALISM.  A nation that is a theocracy has a single “god” or authority source, while a pluralistic one can have any number of gods or sources of authority.  “Theocracy”…

After last week’s posting of “the Elephant in the Room,” which was a look at what I believe the Bible teaches about a woman’s ministry in the New Testament church, several readers cancelled their subscriptions. The posting was not a detailed study but just a brief survey of what I believe the Lord has shown me in my heart. That insight seems to be antithetical to today’s feminist culture and an unpopular position to a vast majority of today’s church-goers. Surprisingly, I discovered I…

After discussing the New Testament church in last week’s posting, many readers are thinking, “Robert, you have not addressed the ‘Elephant in the Room’ in today’s evangelical church. What about the role of women in the church?” After exploring in some detail the women’s role in the family as her husband’s assistant in their task of ruling over the earth, I can’t leave our discussion of the church without looking at her role in assisting there as well.  The wife has a clearly defined…

The Bible teaches us that the sword of the Word of God has two edges (Revelation 1:16; Psalm 149:6; Hebrews 4:12). I want to be faithful to preach both of them, and I named this blog accordingly—Two Edges of the Sword. The first edge is  the LAW OF GOD, that tells us how we must do the job God has given us to do—rule over the earth (Genesis 1:26-28). The second edge is the GRACE OF GOD, that tells us what Jesus did because…

When Jesus captures our hearts as Christian believers, we embark on a life-long journey to learn to “walk by faith.” When we are doing so, the Holy Spirit is expressing Jesus through us, wherever we go, whatever we do, and with whomever we meet.  Jesus has even told us that the very works that HE did while He was here on the earth as a man, we “will do also; and greater works than these he will do (the one whose heart Jesus has…

As we have discussed the limitless, unconditional grace of God, the question of how I can experience that grace on a daily basis naturally arises.  How does having my sins—past, present, and future—FORGIVEN and even FORGOTTEN by God (Jeremiah 31:33, 34) actually change the way I live? I ONLY understand this fact because I believe God has chosen to personally open the eyes of my heart as He experientially speaks to me. I have not necessarily learned correct doctrine, read the Bible in the…

For the past few weeks we have been investigating the full-on, unlimited grace of God, which alone can fill the sails of our own, personal, Ship of the Kingdom. Today, I want to look at what appears to be the furthest thing from an armada of these ships attacking the Gates of Hell, as we were created to do. After the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., the prophet Jeremiah proclaimed a message to the defeated Jews that included this surprisingly appropriate word for…

In the last couple of blog postings I have related my reluctant, five-year, theological journey to becoming an Evangelical Universalist (EU), i.e., ultimately all God’s creatures will be saved and in Heaven with Him! For those interested in investigating this idea further, I have recommended three books for further study:  1.) My 63-page book, free as a PDF copy – Limitless Grace – A New Look at Hell (1).pdf 2.) Hope Beyond Hell, by Gerry Beauchamin – My original introduction to EU. Very thorough and…