Ronnie W. Rogers
Recently, James White, a very strong Calvinist presented what he packaged as a critique of Reflections of A Disenchanted Calvinist on his Radio program. He spent an hour “critiquing” it. I was hopeful for a serious review from the Calvinist position, but I was disappointed. I am grateful to Peter Lumpkins, who operates sbc tomorrow,…
Read MoreIn the first few years of my Christian life, I did not talk about my devotionals much because they simply did not fit the common understanding of a devotional. Rather than reading a light devotional or just skimming the Scripture for personal application, I loved delving into the verses, words, theology, and original language. One…
Read MoreWhen Handel’s Messiah was first performed in London, 1743, in the presence of King George the II, King George rose from his seat, with head bowed, when he heard the Hallelujah chorus. By this he signified that Jesus was the true King of Kings and Lord of Lords. “And on His robe and on His…
Read MoreAlthough I do not normally read or respond to reviews of my books, I did respond to this one that appeared on Amazon. It is precisely the puddle jumping techniques that I address in the book. The first is what the reviewer said, and then my response. (We did not seek to correct his grammar,…
Read MoreThe writer of Hebrews says that one of the qualifications of a high priest is that he had to be gentle toward those whom he served; “he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness.” (Hebrews 5:2)
Read MoreThe Primates House was the main attraction at the famous Bronx Zoological Gardens in 1906. But what brought amazed smiles from curious adults and squeals of joy from happy children was no ape–it was a human being named Ota Benga. (For the sources from which this biographical sketch is drawn, see Phillips Verner Bradford and…
Read MoreYou know the refrain; do not mix religion and politics. Au contraire, I say mix Christianity and politics, lest the politically perceptive be seen as wizards of what ought to be, and the only ones who can make it so. Christianity informs us how things are to be. For example, why work is important, why…
Read MoreThe Hippocratic Oath has gone through many revisions in the quest for the western world to be able to justify abortions, infanticide, and euthanasia. However, like other things, once one starts to unravel it, it unravels to the end. Often unnoticed is that not only did Hippocrates’s oath elevate human life in not allowing abortions,…
Read MoreDoug Gray presented a paper in The Ethics Round Table on the biblical perspective on homosexuality that I thought might be helpful. He presents the arguments used to support homosexuality from the Bible and culture. Then he gives a biblical response.
Read MoreThe Ottoman Empire was founded in 1300 and collapsed after World War I. What if it had not, and what if the Muslims were able to establish such an empire today? What might it look like? Here is an example of what they required of the Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire.
Read More