Because I agree with Calvin when he says, “Sacred word does not deserve to be accused of novelty,”1 and also with Thomas à Kempis when he says, “Truth, not eloquence, is to be sought for in Holy Scriptures,”2 I offer this conclusion to my comparison of these two Bible versions. It will be an annoyance […]
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Author: Rick Shrader
Why Won’t Those Older Chistians Change?
In the current debate over change, we seldom have the patience or the interest to listen to our elders. It has become tragic to hear of a generation of Christians who have come to the Lord out of their sinful past, given their money over their life-time to their church, raised their kids in their […]
Is There An Alternative Point Of View?
(To The Traditional vs Progressive Debate) An ancient saint once said, “It is equally wrong and stupid to censure what is commendable, and to commend what is censurable.”1 G.K. Chesterton once argued against a false premise by stating, “It was not two ways of finding the same truth; it was an untruthful way of pretending […]
Whatever Happened To Postmodernism?
Maybe it’s just the nature of the beast, but like a passing train, our fascination with this cultural phenomenon came upon us quickly and loudly, stopping everything in its path and demanding our piquant interest, until, just as fast, it rolled on past and we returned to newer and less demanding stimuli. It is not […]
Free To Be A Servant
Martin Luther wrote, “A Christian man is a free lord over all things and subject to nobody. A Christian man is a ministering servant in all things and subject to everybody.”1 It seems that great men have always had a sense of true servanthood. I don’t believe that great men ever wanted to be great; […]
No Past, No Future, No God!
Blaise Pascal wrote, “We are so unwise that we wander about in times that do not belong to us and do not think of the only one that does; so vain that we dream of times that are not and blindly flee the only one that is.”1 It seems that in times of unbelief, the […]
Loving The Brethren: an additional persp...
There is no more difficult command in the Bible than for each one of us to love the brethren. This isn’t just a worldly love in the family or emotional sense, it is agape love that gives of itself because it is right to give. Perhaps there is no more direct application to G.K. Chesterton’s […]
We Have This Treasure In Earthly Vessels
A look at Christian selfishness Savonarola once wrote, “In the primitive church the chalices were of wood and the prelates were of gold; to-day the prelates are of wood and the chalices are of gold.”1 Paul told the Corinthians that we are less than wood, we are clay (“ostraka”) vessels. “Clay vessels are cheap, utterly […]
The Obvious Lie
Mark Twain once said, “The secret of success is sincerity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”1 He should have been living today, we would hire him to teach leadership seminars. And it wouldn’t matter whether it was business, politics or church, the image we present has become more important than what we […]
The Real Issue of the Dimpled Ballots
The real issue of the election was not how to count the Florida votes. That game had been played many times before in major cities where the outcome of close elections had to be secured. No, the real issue was played out in the Supreme Court of Florida and of the United States. It is […]