God Forbids Your Tattoos, Your Piercings, Your Shaving

"Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD."

-- Leviticus 19:28

"They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh."

-- Leviticus 21:5

To Jesus The Coming Of The World To Come Removed The Reason To Marry

And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, for they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him."

-- Luke 20:34ff.

Another Papyrus Fragment Of The NT Rises From The Dead. So What?

The story is here.

"And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."

-- Luke 16:31

And Moses Smote The Waters, And They Were Turned To Blood

Rare red tide hits Sydney beaches

"And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that [were] in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that [were] in the river were turned to blood."

 -- Exodus 7:20

"There are some possible risks to human health including skin rashes and eye irritation and for this reason the beach will remain closed until the algae dissipates," according to a local spokesman, quoted here in a story about the rare phenomenon.

"So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast."

-- Exodus 9:10

That's all the reward they get

 

 

Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

-- Matthew 6:2

Raymond Arroyo Slanders Evangelicals On Laura Ingraham Show

He just said on the radio program that atheists' efforts to proselytize demonstrate how "evangelical" the atheists have become.

Just a little ancient Catholic bigotry against Protestants coming out there, and just in time for Thanksgiving, too!

Wafer worshipper.

We're Embarrassed By Gadgets. Moral Failures? Not So Much.

Seen here.

You Want Spiritual Experience? This Is As Good As It Gets.

"And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place." 

-- Genesis 18:33

Peter And John: Rebellious, Disobedient Protestants

What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them [is] manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny [it].

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all [men] glorified God for that which was done.

-- Acts 4:16ff.

What's Wrong With Rod Dreher, In A Nutshell

"I am a conservative Christian who believes that Obama’s re-election is on balance a bad thing for American Christians, for a number of reasons."

"On balance"?

That's like saying cancer is on balance a bad thing for the body, as if there might be something good to be said for it. 

Oh, but I can hear it already: "All things work together for good", or some such riposte, I'm sure.

Like Keynesianism, Christianity always has an answer for why its not wrong.

Here.

Jesus, The Protestant

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

-- Matthew 5:33ff.

Joel Miller Shouldn't Blame Luther For Attacking Tradition. He Should Blame Jesus.

Joel J. Miller here says Luther bears the blame for everything from religious factionalism to individualism and moral relativism, as if Protestantism's "dangerous idea" had no basis in the Bible itself. (Why John Wycliffe and Jan Hus get a pass is anyone's guess.)

Against this the antitheses of the Sermon on the Mount immediately leap to mind, but so do the moral critiques of the prophets against Israel and Judah. In fact, Matthew's Jesus displays a moral vision so redolent of the critical spirit which animates the prophets that it is inconceivable to imagine his oeuvre as collected in the gospels apart from it.

But Protestants continue to try, which is the real problem with Protestantism, not to say Christianity generally. Today's Protestants prefer to emphasize the Pauline compromises, like living at peace with all men, rather than taking seriously the Jesus they claim to worship, the one who upset the tables of the moneychangers and came to set the earth of fire. Today's Protestants don't seem to be simply ignorant of the teaching of Jesus as Paul seems unaware of it. Protestants today generally pretend the Jesus of the gospels doesn't even exist. And the reason for that is that he represents a threat to the status quo of their church in the world.

The value of Luther's rediscovery of the Scriptures is that this opened the discussion anew about why there is such a difference between what the Scriptures teach and what we mistakenly imagine to be God's kingdom.

The more things change the more they stay the same. Catholics didn't like it then, and now Protestants don't. It's a family tradition.   

Life Isn't A Right. It's A Reward.

"I think I'll try to tell him the war is over"

"The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life."

-- Proverbs 22:4

The Cost Of Discipleship Is The Same For Rich And Poor Alike

Everything.

It is a conceit of the poor that the rich have too much and will incur God's judgment for it when the little they themselves have also stands between them and the Kingdom of God.

"So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple."

-- Luke 14:33

Jesus Didn't Hate Rich People. He Loved Them. Do You?

"Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions."

-- Mark 10:21f.

Timothy Dalrymple Skewers Bill Keller, Won't Vote For Jesus

Alrighty then.

Story here.