Oh, yes. The Bible speaks of the Ark leveling mountains and laying waste to entire regions. An army which carries the Ark before it… is invincible. —Marcus Brody, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Undoubtedly the Ark was electrically charged! ...
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Victory Through Humility: Hannah’s Story
At the heart of Hannah’s song is a subversive message about a social revolution. —Peter Leithart, A Son to Me This King has the right of eminent domain and can do was He pleases with His property. He can turn ...
Read More »Ruth and Boaz: A Real Story of Covenant Love
One reason so many marriages are floundering is because the husbands have not prepared themselves spiritually for their task. —Richard Strauss, bible.org (2012) What’s Love? The world doesn’t lack for love stories, but few have any substance. Fewer still show ...
Read More »Ruth: Biblical Lessons in Immigration and Welfare
Immigration policy shapes the destiny of the nation. —Anthony Kennedy, Arizona v. the U. S. (2012) Self-sufficiency has been a basic principle of United States immigration law since this country’s earliest immigration statutes. —USC Title 8, Ch. 14 §1601 (1996) ...
Read More »When Pastors Fail
In other words, is he the kind of man who exhibits single-minded devotion to one woman, displaying for the congregation the characteristics of a biblical marriage? If yes, then he is a one-woman man. —Doug Wilson, Credenda Agenda (2012) It ...
Read More »A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants
None doth, then, resist the ordinance of God who resist the king in tyrannous acts. —Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, (1644) That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter ...
Read More »How To Slowly Kill Any Republic
…The top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday he’s investigating the finances of six well-known TV ministers. —“Sen. Grassley probes televangelists’ finances,” AP (2007) The Great Commission is not a marketing manifesto. Evangelism does not require salesmen, but ...
Read More »Samson Presses The Antithesis
I’m not interested in politics. The problems of the world are not in my department. I’m a saloonkeeper. —Rick Blaine, Casablanca (1942) BLACK WIDOW Doctor, we need you to come in. BRUCE BANNER What if I say…no? —The Avengers ...
Read More »Jephthah: Hero Or Villain?
O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou! —William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2 Finding Heroes It’s hard to pick heroes. They tend to have feet of clay. New historians or biographers regularly uncover padded expense accounts, ...
Read More »Should Christians Read Fantasy Literature?
“But what about these Tree-men, these giants as you might call them?” —Sam Gamgee in Lord of the Rings (1954) The First Fantasy Story Abimelech had slaughtered all of Gideon’s sons, all but one—a young man named Jotham. When the ...
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