“If you only throw down Baal to set up Ashteroth, what progress have you made towards God?”
~C.H. Spurgeon
RBV: I Chronicles 14:11
I originally published this Random Bible Verse comment on March 28, 2014. So they went up to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there. Then David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore they called the name of that place Baal …
RBV: Zephaniah 1:8
This Random Verse Comment was first published on another blog on January 4, 2014. And it shall be, In the day of the LORD’S sacrifice, That I will punish the princes and the king’s children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel. —Zephaniah 1:8 Zephaniah makes no bones …
Are You Biblically Literate?
The Bible may be the world’s bestselling book that is never read. “Never” may be a bit hyperbolic, but people who study such things tell us that fewer people are reading it and not as often. Ninety percent of American homes contain a Bible—most contain at least three. Many free …
Would Jesus Approve of Same-Sex Marriage?
In an interview on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, former President Jimmy Carter waded into the current American cultural and political debate on homosexuality. For a devout Baptist and a self-proclaimed “born-again Christian,” the 90-year old Carter made an astounding statement when HuffPost Live host Mark Lamont Hill asked him whether …
Apostrophe Catastrophe
Okay, kids, time for another English lesson. Ignore the content of this meme, but focus on the idiotic placement of these apostrophes. The only ones that are correct are the ones in the contractions, “can’t” and “you’re.” Plural subjects (when they are not showing possession) and singular verbs don’t need …
Quotation of the Day – June 12
“Deprive children of stories and you leave them unscripted, anxious stutterers in their actions as in their words.” ~A. McIntyre, “After Virtue”