[This post is one of the sections from our recently published Bible study guide available for free download] In the Holy Scriptures we find very little description of material culture. The artistic wonders of Egypt and Greece have fascinated the sensual mind of man for centuries, but the Bible passes them over in almost complete silence. …
From its earliest years Christian Europe has been under assault by diabolic forces. Muslims from the Near East and Africa spent centuries making war on the remnants of the Roman Empire, while the Asiatic pagan tribes harassed the Christian Slavs of Eastern Europe. Against this threat God raised up many pious heroes who risked their …
[This post is one of the sections from our recently published Bible study guide available for free download] “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 1 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. …
[This post is one of the sections from our recently published Bible study guide available for free download] When the Israelites come to Mount Sinai God reveals his majesty and pronounces to them his commandments. God has miraculously saved the Israelites from slavery and destruction for the purpose of making them a holy nation and a …
Growing up in South Africa as a teenage boy in the early 2000s was an interesting experience in many regards. During this time I was faced with coming to terms with my first-hand experience of a radical shift in public morals, perhaps most notably with regard to sexual ethics, within the society I grew up in. …
[See also Examining the LCMS Condemnation of ‘Racism’] The Book of Concord (1580) contains the documents that make up the confessional standard of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. These documents include the Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms, and the Formula of Concord. These are the …
Living as we do after the “Great Awokening,” it is no surprise that the godless media are especially eager to destroy the remaining traditional holidays of formerly Christian America. As an example, a Jew working for the New York Times has written a piece called The Vicious Reality Behind the Thanksgiving Myth. The main argument …
[Allow me preface this article by saying that what I have written is highly speculative. I am not endorsing or championing any particular policy, simply musing on future possibilities.] There is currently widespread anxiety about the disruptive and dangerous effects of rapid technological advancement. AI, robotics, self-driving vehicles and other inventions threaten to make human …
“You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.” Patrick Henry, Anti-Federalist leader Right-wing critics of America and/or the Constitution often seek to legitimize …
One of the great errors of the mainstream conservative movement is the slavish attitude towards money. These mainstream conservatives almost universally present the unrestrained pursuit of money as the greatest virtue, and they even dare to assert that this attitude is completely in-line with both Christianity and Americanism. By contrast, the Bible is quite clear …