Dear Mr. President, I am the pastor of Christ is King Baptist Church in Syracuse, NY. In the Bible there is the story of a ruler who was immoral. He ruled as a potentate for the Roman Empire and ignored the Law of God. He was oppressive as well as immoral, and unjust because he...
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Unity and Order Among God’s People
For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, (1Co 10:1-2) Even though the Israelites had received all kinds of blessings, miracle confirmations of God’s power, and sacraments, nonetheless they...
Loving the Weaker Brother: 1 Corinthians 8-9
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. (1Co 8:1-3) Though Paul acknowledges that...