This world is evil, and the vulnerable are exploited by those in power. This can take many forms: if you want to see evil consider how the UN preaches women's rights to the West so that we censor ourselves, while allowing gangs to rape those women who are starving. Because women, particularly unarmed women, are … Continue reading A defense of sexism.
Lectionary
Hell and Incest.
Paul was educated. He knew his plays, and his mythology. So he knew of Jocasta and Oedipus. But since this time is fallen, and the children are no longer taught fairy tales, we have to revise. Tolkien said (I paraphrase) that the myths we have are broken shards of truth. And here is the truth: … Continue reading Hell and Incest.
Harvard is sinful thus stupid.
A bit of history. Harvard was founded by a bunch a Puritans who had just gone beyond the starvation point in Boston. Like most universities at the time, its primary aim was to produce preachers: doctors were trained by apprenticeship and lawyering was no profession for a gentleman. But now Harvard appears to worship coitus. … Continue reading Harvard is sinful thus stupid.
To the Faithful Christian Bloggers.
Before I get into the lectionary, I have a plea for my Papist brother. Back up your site. In wordpress, this requires that you export everything to a xml file. Be prepared to reboot on another platform. Because the social justice mafia are not only attacking the charities of the church, but any means we … Continue reading To the Faithful Christian Bloggers.
The death of Billy Graham shows the methods of the spiritual and the unspiritual.
Overnight, we lost one of the great evangelists of my grandparent's generation. Billy Graham was born at the end of the first war: my parents were born during the depression. He preached to my grandparents: by the time my parents were adults he was running crusades in New Zealand. And he preached the gospel into … Continue reading The death of Billy Graham shows the methods of the spiritual and the unspiritual.
Anathema, Anathema, Anathema.
Theology makes peoples teeth itch. It is deemed offensive. But it is needed. Needed. For without a structure to our belief, we fall into error. What we see as wisdom is instead foolishness. This has led our churches into apostasy, and as Michaelpoulos notes, the presiding Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America (I hope … Continue reading Anathema, Anathema, Anathema.
The need for repentence.
One of the consequences of having an elite that discounts religion is that they let in those who will preach destruction, and then there is blood. The end game of Islam is not repentence, it is war. It is counted by the increased number of martyrs. But I could be in error. It could be … Continue reading The need for repentence.
Seek not a god in you. Seek Christ.
What do you build you foundation on? The land beneath you? This is unwise: the land where I sit this morning is overdue for "the big one" -- the Alpine Fault going, which is usually about eight on the Richter scale. Samoa and Tonga are flooded: Fiji is next, then we will get the end … Continue reading Seek not a god in you. Seek Christ.
Now we are not young.
When I was young I would give and support those who said they needed aid. I was a member, to my shame, of Amnesty International. I supported save the children as well as World Vision. Habitat for Humanity had not made it to NZ. I thought these were good organizations, worthy of support. However, now, … Continue reading Now we are not young.
For natural law…
There are two things about this time which speak to the degeneration of our times. I am not talking about the overt sin, but among those who are within the church, and think that they have salvation if not righteousness. The first is that we are fearful. We worry. We are afraid to speak plainly, … Continue reading For natural law…