Master and Commander

“ . . . and let them have dominion over . . .”  Genesis 1:26  ESV Dominion – “There is no dignity without responsibility.”[1]  Apparently the modern world doesn’t agree with Soloveitchik.  It seems as if the governments of the West think that all that is necessary for men to live is to be provided…

The Best Dressed Woman

Strength and dignity are her clothing and she smiles at the future.  Proverb 31:25 (NASB) Clothing – Paul might have instructed all of us to put on the new man like a new suit of clothes, but Lemuel’s mother knew how to dress a woman.  The best dressed woman in God’s creation is clothed with…

Avoiding Collateral Damage

When you make a loan of any sort to your countryman, you must not enter his house to seize his pledge.  You must remain outside, while the man to whom you made the loan brings the pledge out to you.  Deuteronomy 24:10-11 Pledge – If you make a loan to a member of the community…