Ephesians 6:1-3: Children obey your parents: Part 2
Obeying your parents, why should we do it? On the one hand we have the pragmatic view of psychology which has finally admitted the age old wisdom of God’s ways and tells us that every child needs loving parents for various reasons. On the other hand we have evolutionary views that tell us that we should be able to evolve beyond the need to have parents. Parenthood as an institution is no longer seen as sacred, but rather it is tolerated only in so far as it is useful. Today you can divorce your parents; you can legally have...
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Romans 13:9-10 – Love Fulfils The Law
INTRODUCTION: To say that the Christian ethic is a law based ethic can give a false impression. Here is a typical example: ‘There is a tale told of a missionary in a dark corner of Africa where the men had a habit of filing their teeth to sharp points. He was hard at work trying to convert a native chief. Now the chief was very old, and the missionary was very Old Testament—his version of Christianity leaned heavily on thou-shalt-nots. The savage listened patiently. ‘I do not understand,’ he said at last. ‘You tell me that I must not...
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