Biblical Politics?

Thus says the Lord, “Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens although the nations are terrified by them;”  Jeremiah 10:2  NASB Nations – Have you considered “the way of the nations”?  I’m sure we’ve all assumed we know what Jeremiah meant.  He must have…

Breaking Bad

Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.  Joshua 9:15  NASB A covenant– We know the story, a tragic one.  God instructs Joshua to spare no one as the Israelites march into the Promised Land. God wants the slate to be…

Mass Confusion

“Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.”  Acts 15:19-20  NASB Abstain – (This is going to be…