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Probably one of the frequently mentioned and misunderstood teaching Jesus of Christ is this: “Do not judge so that you will not be judged” (Matt. 7:1). It really is used as a form of rhetoric for the purpose of privatizing beliefs. A number of folks are under the impression that religious beliefs are simply personal values that must be privatized and have no place in the public arena. From this perspective, one might have an opinion on moral issues (e.g. abortion, homosexuality, gay marriage, etc) or doctrine (e.g. charismatic gifts, election, the rapture), but they dare not speak their mind, lest they get the infamous rebuke… “Do not judge,” which is a more sanctimonious way of saying, “shut up.” Yet, this is not what Jesus meant to communicate. Jesus is really talking about having a just measure. He sets forth the prohibition “Do not judge so that you will not be judged,” (v.1) but then explains the reason is “in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measur...

Anxiety over never the lack of food and clothing is a challenge people face in every epoch of time. The first century audience of Jesus certainly had their daily struggles. The possibility of having to put up one’s cloak as collateral for a pledge in hopes the lender was faithful to Yahweh’s covenant (Exod. 22:25-27), praying to the Father for enough pennies to have “daily bread” (Matt. 6:11; Luke 11:3), even fears about being robbed by bandits or extorted by corrupt Roman and Jewish powers were cause for worries. Yet, Christ’s message challenges listeners to move beyond those earthly worries to something else—God’s kingdom. As a way of helping people forget worrying about food and clothing, and start seeking God’s kingdom, Christ poses the question: “Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (v. 25). Here the Lord reasons if something is true for the lesser, how much more for the greater. Food and clothing are merely the things that support life, but the life for...

I particularly reading this piece on the significance of the King James Bible: Why All the Fuss Over King James Bible? By Larry Stone 2011 is the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible. This year books have been published about the translation, about the KJV's influence, and even about the bi-numeral King James himself -- he was King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England and Ireland. There are conferences and exhibits. Lionsgate released an excellent movie with John Rhys-Davies presenting "The amazing tale of the birth of the King James Bible." And the National Mall in Washington, D.C., hosted a two-day King James Bible Expo. Why all the fuss about a 400-year-old Bible translation? Over the last 60 years an incredible number of new Bible translations have been published. And with each one, the publisher has tried to convince us that the KJV is difficult to understand, told us it is inaccurate in parts, and has explained why we need tha...

Last weekend I had a chance to check out X-Men: First Class , and this blockbuster did not disappoint. It was a good story with lots of great epic battle scenes. The whole younger versions of Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Michael Fassbender) recruiting the first team of X-Men to battle against Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon), a mutant set on world domination was wonderful. One of the themes explored in the movie is how the advent of the nuclear age increased the number of genetic mutations giving rise to a number of mutant people with extraordinary abilities, which would be the next stage in evolutionary development of life on earth. Darwinian Evolution is the story’s explanatory power for mutants and why it is unnecessary to consider their powers as a condition that needs to be “fixed.” In this instance, the story villain Magneto gets it, in so far as he understands the implications of evolutionary theory—the more fit species will survive with the less fit...

Just read, " Sterilisation: North Carolina Grapples with Legacy " by Daniel Nasaw. It is certainly chilling that at one time in the United States of America in the State of North Carolina that between 1929 and 1974 would sponsor the sterilization of 1,110 men and 6,418 women on the recommendation of a social worker. The very idea of seeing the erradication of the so-called "inferior" is simply the logical extension of a Darwinian naturalistic worldview, wherein lesser species go extinct with the survival of the fittest. Pray that we never repeat the same mistake.

I was just catching up on some blog reading, and came accross the following: " I lost my inheritance to the doomsday prophet! – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs " The headlines tells it all, a woman left the lion's share of her estate, about $300,000 to Family Radio, the ministry of false prophet Harold Camping, who predicted the rapture would occur on May 21, 2011 and then revised it to be some sort of "spiritual" happening after things didn't pan out. Well, I'm sure there are worsts stories by others who got burned by the false prophet; however, no matter how one slices it, beliefs have consequences, and what one believes can alter the trajectory of one's life and relationship forever. The words of Moses are apropos: " You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?' When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not ...

Check out this blog on euthanasia posted at blog.equip.org: Can We Consider the Physician-Assisted Suicide of “Doctor Death” Jack Kevorkian a “Good Death”?

Recently I came across the following Open Letter to Joel Osteen , which I thought to be a creative and helpful take on the spiritual bankruptcy of the prosperity gospel. The portrait of God that Osteen paints is truly antithetical to the Christian faith, particularly when one considers it is premised upon the idea that faith is a force, words are containers of that force, and through speaking faith-filled words one can speak forth their own health and wealth into existence. Yet, it does not even stop there, for in the theology of the Word of Faith movement, which Osteen draws upon, God also needs to use the force of face to create reality. Mere mortals may even call upon God to their every wish through faith-filled words. This name-it-and-claim-it gospel offers an attractive package, whether or not it can bring people into communition with God Almighty is another story. Here are a couple of other articles on the problems of Joel Osteen that I found helpful: Christianity Still in Cr...

Here's a new CRI Blog post: What Does the Mormonism of Mitt Romney Have to Do with the Ballot Box?

Matthew 6:19-24 touches on the subject of Christian worship and can be summed up in three words: priorities, perception, and potentates. What we treasure, what we see with our own eyes or our perspective on things, and ultimately who is our master takes us back to the very affirmation in the Lord’s prayer: “Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done…” “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal,” said Christ, “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” He is speaking of the things we value. What are we going to make our priority in life? The wisdom is to make investments that are eternal. The metaphor of the lamp goes well with treasures and masters. When Jesus Christ says, “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if ...