Recent content by Ascetic X

In a blow to the fanatic LGBTQ agenda, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy aimed at youths struggling with their sexual orientation or their gender identity violates the free speech rights of a conservative Christian therapist. The 8-1 decision in favor...

Amen. My favorite aspects of Jesus, aside from His dying for my sins? 1. His sweet, protective, calming companionship 2. His healing powers 3. His spiritual discourse and superior intelligence, especially as recorded in the gospel of John 4. His kindness to the outcasts and marginalized 5. His...

While I am not a Calvinist, I wonder why I responded positively to the gospel when a pastor explained it to me at a Mennonite church camp when I was a teenager. My parents were not church goers and my dad was an atheist. They sent me and my brothers to Sunday school at a Methodist church...

In addition to looking into the Greek words used, try applying in your life the insights you already have from your notes. QUOTE Notes on 1 Corinthians 1:1-4 1:1 The letter is from Paul and Sosthenes. God chose Paul to be an ambassador of the gospel, one belonging to Jesus Christ. 1:2 The...

Actually, for males pretending to be females, the eunuch is an appropriate analogy. A eunuch is castrated. A male transitioning to fake female is also castrated. Similar to how females trying to become male. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) involving the non-medical removal or injury of...

I must say, that is a pretty good response to the transgender agenda, at least when it comes to males pretending to be females, and having their reproductive system surgically or chemically destroyed. Well done,sir!

It is horrible when secretive predators and evil influencers hide and lurk in a church, escaping detection. They can be extremely good at fitting in and playing the game of church. Members of a congregation cannot be perfectly pure, but pastors and elders must exercise sharp discernment to spot...

Hippolytus of Rome was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, though his provenance, identity, and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians. One older theory claims he came into conflict with the popes of his time and seems to have headed a...

Is it possible to see in the beauties of nature a tiny glimpse of what our heavenly life will be like, even though it will be far better?

It is sadly obvious that Van has a lot of anger inside him. He tries to lure individuals into conversations, then lashes out at them when they disagree with him. Personal attacks, insults, and lengthy quarreling are what he enjoys engaging in. He doesn’t know how to discuss topics. He just...

My position has nothing to do with politics. Including women in a verse whose sense is dealing not with males only, but all humanity, is not a silly rule. My concern is to communicate the sense of scripture. It is not universally understood that “men’ means “all mankind, both male and female”...

Authorial practice in addressing only the brothers is no longer relevant today. Women’s suffrage movement eventually resulted in giving females the ability to be in various professions that were not open to women, except in rare exceptions. A woman lawyer, doctor, university professor...

Being angry at someone does not mean hating them. Chasing money changers out of the temple did not mean Jesus hated them. You cannot find a single verse that states Jesus hated anyone. He hated the sin of the Pharisees who opposed Him, but Jesus did not hate them personally. After all, two of...

We can translate to accommodate the understanding of 2,000 years ago, when men dominated women. Or we can translate to accommodate current understanding, when men and women are equals. I do not know why only brothers would be addressed in scripture, when there were brothers and sisters in the...

Did Jesus hate the sin, but love the sinner?