Tag: idolatry
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Samaritans, Bad and Good
Our iPhones, iPads and other iToys have become iDols, where “i” means me, my and mine.
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God’s True Covenant People Are Not Pretenders
If Isaiah were alive today, he would call prosperity gospel preachers and most televangelists and megachurch pastors blind, ignorant, useless, greedy and insatiable dogs, just as he called the false shepherds of Israel “silent dogs” who are blind, without knowledge, and who have never enough.
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Dinuguan: Yum-yum, But Wait…
The first three prohibitions of the Jerusalem Council concern food eaten at the table. Why then is sexual immorality included in this list of prohibitions, when all the others in the list pertain to table fellowship between Jews and Gentiles?
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The Impact of Effective Witness
Therefore,we must never think that there is no justice. In this world, we frequently see that murderers, rapists, plunderers, liars, adulterers, thieves and robbers go scot-free. We become so furious when we see them get acquitted for crimes they obviously committed merely because of a technicality, political connections, or celebrity status. Isaiah 59:17-20; 1 Thessalonians…