Scripture Reading
Today’s Scripture reading was in Matthew 3-4. The two main areas of interest to me in these chapters were the ministry of John the Baptist and the temptation of Jesus after his fasting in the wilderness. John’s ministry has always struck me as unique and hard to reconcile with Jesus’ ministry. This is not to say I think that there is some inconsistency here but simply that John and Jesus are like night and day. John says this (Matthew 3:11) as does Jesus (Matthew 11:18-19) so I’m not completely off base.
One more thing to comment on is the imperative “repent” that comes from Jesus’ lips (Matthew 4:17). How often we would like to think that turning from sin to God is not necessary to enjoy fellowship with God. But the fact of the matter is that imperatives are not optional and Jesus’ command to repent is to be obeyed or we will never see God.
Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?
What do David Barton, Gary Demar, Tim Lahaye, A Beka Books, Bob Jones University, and Peter Marshall all have in common? They all are pushing this idea of America being founded as a Christian nation. Fea’s book has proved invaluable and his chapter on these defenders of a “Christian” America has shown the lengths many go to defend their position. Fea even quotes one of my history professors back at PCC which I thought was cool.
Reasonable Faith
William Lane Craig is a master writer and I’ve just begun his first chapter on God’s existence. He summarizes the position and history of the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, the teleological argument, and the moral argument.
