Category: Opinion Piece
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The “Virtuous Wife” of Proverbs 31 Is a God-Fearing Capitalist, Part 1
Many passages of Scripture have underlying themes or truths. These themes and the principles tied to them are not the primary messages of those passages of Scripture, but they typically are important and are just as valid as primary principles. Secondary principles also usually have very important points of application for us in daily living. Consider these 12 …
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Didn’t the early church practice socialism?
Social justice advocates in evangelical circles frequently will point to Acts 2:40-47 and 4:32-37 as evidence the early Christians practiced socialism. Acts 2:44-45 and 4:34-35 are main verses to which they point. Luke wrote, 2:44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had …
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Wasn’t Jesus Homeless, or a Refugee, or Financially Destitute? The Answer to All These Questions Is No!
By B. Nathaniel Sullivan On Christmas Day in 2019, Pete Buttigieg, then mayor of South Bend, Indiana, tweeted out Christmas greetings. He said, Today I join millions around the world in celebrating the arrival of divinity on earth, who came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as a refugee. No matter …
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Grace and Truth
Wokepedia Op-Ed Written by Pastor Sam Jones Recently, I was in a discussion with a pastor who presented the idea that there is a tension between grace and truth. Within the discussion there was a presentation that both him and I are similar in that we naturally bend towards truth in this tension and so we …
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Woke Church Leaders Smear Christian Nationalists
Partnering With Secularists, Woke Evangelicals Attack Patriotic Christians Wokepedia News Article Written by Micah Sample A number of well-known Christian evangelical leaders have conspired together in an effort to discredit and dismantle Christian patriotism in the United States. An online statement entitled “Christians Against Christian Nationalism” condemns the influence of Christianity upon American government and …
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A Rebuttal to Tim Keller’s Political Third Way
How Christians Should Think About Voting Wokepedia Written by Pastor Sam Jones In an article titled “How Do Christians Fit into the Two-Party System? They Don’t” (September 29th, 2018) Tim Keller outlines how Christians should approach politics. Firstly, I will highlight what I agree with in Keller’s article, and then I will provide substantive critique …
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Is Your Pastor a Humanist?
Written by Pastor Sam Jones “There are only two options on the shelf, pleasing God or pleasing self.” I was introduced to this little phrase about a decade ago while doing a pastoral internship. This phrase has had a deep impact on my life and my ministry. In fact, if you listen to many of …
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Michael Wear Offers Murdering the Pre-born as a Solution to Avoid a Difficult Political Season
Wokepedia News Article, Pastor Sam Jones, July 7th, 2022 In a recent article on Substack, Michael Wear outlines how in a post Roe political climatepolitics could get messy and difficult. So what is his proposed solution? I will let him tell you inhis own words: A sustainable compromise would include the following elements: a federal …
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VICE Releases Christophobic Article
VICE Contributor & Grand View Professor Accuse Christians of Fascism Micah Sample, Wokepedia News Article, July 7th, 2022. Memes & Propaganda, Oh My. On July 5th of 2022, VICE News released an article entitled “Christian Fascist Propaganda Is All Over TikTok.” According to the article, video edits that incorporate various memes and scenes from movies …
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Social Justice & The Gospel, Part III
Forgiveness or Vengeance? Hero Syndrome is seen when a person becomes so obsessed with heroism that he or she ends up creating a dire situation so the individual can swoop in and save the day. Social justice, to a degree, has become a movement that is marked by this syndrome. As you know the ultimate …