Pastor John Gauger Scripture Reference: Genesis 28:16; Psalm 139:1-12

  When Augustine became the bishop of Hippo, North Africa, in 391, he almost immediately asked for a vacation—to study the Bible. He had been a Christian for only five years and felt that he needed more immersion in the Scriptures before he could teach others. A few years later he began to write On Christian Teaching (which some have called “a manual for preachers”), from which the following selection is taken.

The Telegraph has reported, “The Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, suggested Christians should ‘rethink’ their interpretation of Scripture in light of changing attitudes towards homosexuality in society.”1 And the Right Reverend was right harsh in making his case, comparing the “opponents of gay marriage to Christians who used the Bible to justify slavery and apartheid.” He, on the other hand, presumed to follow the footsteps of William Wilberforce, who fought to free the slaves, and the path of those who brought down South African apartheid in the last half of the 20th century.

 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on […]

Pastor Chris Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 16:1-17; Luke 22:7-23; Acts 2:1-4; II Corinthians 5:5; Leviticus 23:39-43

  Nicholas Herman was born in the province of Lorraine, France. He grew up during a time of political and religious conflict—the French had allied with the German Protestants to attack the Catholic government of the Holy Roman Empire. As a teenager, he was wounded in battle and taken prisoner of war. At the age of 18, he experienced a conversion to Christ which profoundly changed the way he saw the world, especially in regard to work and worship of God. Nicholas decided to enter a monastery in Paris in 1649. And it was there that he was given a […]

One pretense of the National Organization for Women, Planned Parenthood, and EMILY’s List1 is that they represent the interests of all women in promoting abortion rights. But there is another “list” that begs to differ, the Susan B. Anthony List, devoted to “advancing pro-life leadership.”2 The Anthony List, named for a heroine of the women’s rights movement,3 attributes an article signed with the letter “A” to her in the suffragist publication, The Revolution, whose motto was “Men their rights, and nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less.”4 The piece, dated July 8, 1869, addresses abortion with these words:5

 by Eric Metaxas NEW YORK (BP) — The Supreme Court is deciding whether or not to redefine marriage — and we’re hearing a lot of claims about how well children do when they’re reared by homosexual couples. Sad to say, some of those claims are being made to the Supremes — and they are completely false.

  You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice. Exodus 23:2 (ESV)

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 14-15