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Scripture Commentary article 2012-02-07

Masculine Christianity

This is part 2 of What God intended at creation and it is inspired by a recent lecture given by John Piper where he states that God’s intention for Christianity is for it to have a “ masculine feel “. After discussing John Piper’s Masculine Christianity, I will give my critique of his masculine argu

1 Corinthians 2:1 1 Timothy 2:12 2 Kings 22:3 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation

Scripture Commentary article 2012-01-08

Eph 5 Infected

In my last post, I presented one of the best sermons that I have ever heard on Ephesians 5, regarding the evidence of Spirit-filled lives for both men and women. This post is on the opposite of the Spirit-filled life which is an influx of worldly infection through male-centered pride

Luke 22:25 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2011-12-27

Ephesians 5 Christian Liberty

This post is the essence of the sermon Spirit-Filled Living part 1 by Pastor Darrell Johnson of First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC, Canada. If you would like to listen to the entire sermon, you can listen to the sermon here

Ecclesiastes 5 Ephesians 5:18 Ephesians 5:21 Ephesians 5 Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Paul wasn’t writing Romans to an individual or just the leadership, but the whole congregation. He was dealing with issues surrounding the relationship of the law, the gospel and Christian liberty and iss...

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Paul wasn’t writing Romans to an individual or just the leadership, but the whole congregation. He was dealing with issues surrounding the relationship of

Masculine Christianity

Eph 5 Infected

Ephesians 5 Christian Liberty

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Paul wasn’t writing Romans to an individual or just the leadership, but the whole congregation. He was dealing with issues surrounding the relationship of the law, the gospel and Christian liberty and iss...

Ephesians 5:18-33

Wednesday/off-service teaching: if a non-elder man could do it, probably a woman could too

Q&A: Video games where the player's character summons demons are probably something a reasonable Christian would feel convicted about — Romans 14 principle: whatever is not of faith is sin.

Christians are not under the Mosaic law — Sabbath observance is a liberty, not a requirement for salvation

Even if December 25 had pagan associations, God does not reject sincere worship of Christ offered on that day — the idea that a date determines whether God accepts prayer is biblically baseless

Side 7: The conscience governs participation in morally ambiguous Halloween elements

Q&A: Are Jewish believers required to keep the Mosaic Law? No, but cultural/traditional practice may be permitted if not causing division

Q&A: The Christian's primary cultural identity is the culture of Christ—follow Christ absolutely, adapt to culture in neutral matters

Voluntarily keeping feast days or eating kosher for conscience's sake is acceptable; mandating it for others is wrong

Romans 14 shows that observing the Sabbath is a matter of conscience, not universal Christian obligation; liberty must be exercised in love

Christians may read and study the Quran for education and evangelistic purposes; avoid it only if it causes personal spiritual instability

Christians playing RPG video games: Romans 14 gives space for different convictions

Video game content issues: overconsumption/obsession is a separate concern from content itself

Two problematic extremes: hyper-strict rules and almost no rules about entertainment — both are spiritually dangerous

Romans 14: do not violate your conscience — if you cannot do something in faith before God, do not do it, even if it may be permissible

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 is about sexual immorality in context, not primarily about diet/exercise/tobacco — but the moderation and mastery principles within the passage do apply broadly

Christmas and birthdays — Mike changed his mind about pagan origins of Christmas

Easter/Ishtar connection is largely false — inflammatory but inaccurate

Biblical basis for celebrating holidays — God gave Israel feast days; Jesus attended Hanukkah

Thanksgiving as a biblical holiday in practice though not in name

Birthdays: Jehovah's Witness argument from bad birthday examples in the Bible is fallacious

1 Corinthians 6:12 and 10:22 — "all things are lawful" is a Corinthian slogan Paul quotes and then corrects

1 Corinthians 10 — food offered to idols has different rules depending on marketplace vs. temple context and whether a pagan makes it explicit

1 Corinthians 6 provides key principles for evaluating bodily health choices: lawfulness, helpfulness, and avoiding bondage

Bodily stewardship and exercise as a moral issue -- knowingly neglecting physical health can become sin

Unleavened bread at communion is symbolically important (sinlessness of Christ); alcoholic vs non-alcoholic wine is incidental

Christian liberty includes disobeying government when God's commands conflict with the state

Nerdy hobbies are reconcilable with Christianity if kept holy and in moderation

Refusing to sing Bethel/Hillsong/Elevation music is not legalism, but binding that refusal on others crosses into judgmentalism — this is a conscience matter analogous to Paul's 'meat sold in the marketplace' principle.

Worship leaders bear collective responsibility to their congregations: presenting music in corporate worship is like preparing a meal for everyone — songs known to cause stumbling should be avoided.

Netflix cancellation is not a universal Christian obligation — Mike and his wife cancelled over the trend of increasingly immoral programming, but binding that choice on others is divisive infighting over a disputable matter.

Q17: Christian practices at parties/weddings — drinking and dancing are fine in moderation

Church attendance decisions during COVID are a matter of conscience — Christians should not cause division over this

Christians are not free to disobey government laws simply because they seem pointless — but there is a threshold of oppression where resistance becomes legitimate

Q3: Is it wrong for a Christian to enjoy New Age music? Genre itself is not inherently sinful; lyrics and spiritual content matter

Q9: Why did Paul permit Timothy to drink wine (1 Tim 5:23) if Timothy was under a Nazirite vow? Mike doubts Timothy was under such a vow

Drinking alcohol is not inherently sinful; drunkenness is sinful — attempts to argue 1 Tim 5:23 wine is non-alcoholic are dismissed

Secular music: evaluate by message, not genre; wickedness set to music is still wicked, but neutral or positive messages are fine

Jesus as Lord of the Sabbath: Matthew 12:1-8 and the principle of hierarchical moral reasoning

Dancing is not inherently sinful; Christians should apply liberty-with-responsibility rather than blanket prohibition.

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