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Confession
Our Sunday morning worship liturgy lately has included reading extensive portions from the Psalms, especially in relation to confession of sin. One thing that has started to stick out to me is how different the confessions of sin that David makes are from the confessions that I make.
Christians and Politics
Let me start out by saying that this article will make no attempt to provide an overarching "theology of politics," or anything of that nature. The purpose, rather, is to explore some of the confusing aspects of politics as they relate to Christians. Christians who live in a democracy (or something of the sort) are in a unique position in history, as we who have an unprecedented ability to become involved in the political process.
I am/am not/am a Fundamentalist
For those of you who don’t know, I was raised an IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist). Over time, as is obvious from my articles on baptism, I have become a Presbyterian instead of a Baptist, so I have dropped that part of the label. As a Presbyterian, I am also no longer part of a completely independent church, so there goes that part (although there are Free Presbyterians, there aren’t any around here). The independent/non independent I don’t really see as a huge issue either way (although I’m sure there are many who would differ with me on that issue on both sides.)Now let’s look at the middle part of the label, which is also the most important (to me and to the ones who claim the label).First, let’s list the Fundamentals, as defined by the originators of the movement:
Alcohol and the Christian Part Deux
Now, I understand that, despite the weight of Scripture in the previous article about alcohol, some will still have objections. I intend to deal with some of these objections here.I must preface this by noting that this is mostly not of my creating. We have been discussing alcohol in Sunday School, and this list of objections, and many of the responses, came from that, although I’ve taken the liberty to phrase them as I wish.
