The Plodding Preacher

People hate gender because they hate God. Only time will tell if they can successfully brainwash a generation into thinking gender is as insignificant as they think God is. Jesse Johnson http://thecripplegate.com/maybe-you-havent-noticed/

In honour of the Janks, Bible translators in Venezuela, who will be with us this Sunday: Thigh, Breast or Door? The Joys of Learning a Tonal Language Hey, can you go close the   thigh ? Oh, I mean the… breast ? Nope…the   door ...that’s it…the   door ! How could we get these words so mixed up? Let us just tell you that they have the exact same consonants and vowels. And if they have the exact same consonants and vowels then they are the same word that has several different meanings…right? Wrong. We have now officially entered into the realm of tonal languages where meaning is differentiated not just by different vowels and consonants but also by the pitch of one’s voice. So (we think) “door” is said with a higher pitch where “breast” starts low and then goes to a high pitch on the second syllable. “Thigh” starts low and then the pitch drops off. And these changes in one’s voice determine what the word means.   Go to this missionary page and read the rest o...

By   ROD DREHER   •   May 21, 2015, 5:15 PM So, a Canadian Christian jeweler custom-made a pair of engagement rings for a lesbian couple, Nicole White and Pam Renouf, at their request. Later, when they found out that the jeweler personally opposes same-sex marriage,   they went to pieces  and demanded their money back. From the CBC’s report: “They were great to work with. They seemed to have no issues. They knew the two of us were a same-sex couple,” White said. “I referred some of my friends to them, just because I did get some good customer service and they had good prices.” That was before one friend went in to purchase a ring for his girlfriend — and instead found a distressing sign. It reads: “The sanctity of marriage is under attack. Let’s keep marriage between a man and a woman.” The couple now believes the rings they ordered will have been tainted by having been fashioned by jeweler Esau Jardon’s hands, given what impur...

How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended .   – George Whitefield

"Sophisticated sinners concoct sophisticated reasons for thinking sin is not sin." D.A. Carson

I was just reading an article by a progressive Christian on the sentencing of the Boston Marathon Bomber.  The gist of the article was that it is inconsistent for Christians to claim to be pro-life, while still upholding the death penalty.  Statistically, he quotes a Barna poll which reported that only 8% of Protestants believe Jesus would support the death penalty. I have to admit this was a new one for me.  I have never run across someone who believes the death penalty is wrong because it is inconsistent with a pro-life stance.  However, I believe that the writer' argument is in fact anti-life - not pro-life. It always amazes me that when the death penalty debate arises, that those who seek its abolition always seem to speak of the value of the life of the murderer.  Few of them ever mention the value of the life of the victim.  You see, the victim was a person made in the image of God.  As a consequence, that victim was of inestimable ...