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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
My pastor tackled this question today in church. I was impressed and glad to hear him admit fairly early that, “I don’t know.” (R.C. Sproul did the same thing, if I recall correctly, in his speech, “What Is Evil and Where Did It Come From?”) My pastor used an analogy that I have often found […]
Read moreWould Jesus Be Annoyed With Libertarian Memes?
Of course He would be–He’s fully human after all… But specifically, what about the “TAXATION IS THEFT!” line of argument? Gene Callahan blogs that this isn’t scriptural, since we read in Luke 3: 10 And the crowds asked him [John the Baptist], “What then shall we do?” 11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics[b] is to share with him […]
Read moreBob Murphy Show Ep 9: Norman Horn on Romans 13 etc.
Norman gives the best handling of this tricky subject I’ve yet heard. Plus we discuss all sorts of other stuff.
Read moreSurrendering to God
My girlfriend owns a massage studio and she told me that with some clients, they refuse to relax and stay tense, making it impossible for her to help them as much as she could, if they would only let down their defenses and trust her. It occurred to me that this is what we do […]
Read moreThe Law vs. Personal Morality
In his commentary on Deuteronomy 19, David Guzik writes: c. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth: In Matthew 5:38-39, Jesus quoted this passage in His teaching on the true interpretation of the law. He does not say that the eye for eye principle is wrong; rather, He simply condemns the use of it to make it an obligation to exact revenge […]
Read moreDriving Out the Canaanites
On a recent episode of the Tom Woods Show, Gene Epstein debated Elliot Resnick on the question of whether the state of Israel should give up any territory to the Palestinians. Resnick offered a Biblical defense of Israel’s right to the land, to which Gene said something like (I’m paraphrasing): “As libertarians, we can’t justify […]
Read moreGod’s Instructions for Israel’s Kings
Wow, even though I’ve read this before, I somehow never retained these passages where God anticipates that Israel will have kings. (Note that this comes *before* the passage in Samuel where Israel demands a king and God warns them of all the bad consequences this will entail.) Anyway here is Dt. 17: 14-20: 14“When you […]
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