Thomas Power

"Christians don’t know the Bible," Pastor Loran Livingston warned in April 2024. "And when you don’t know the Bible, you will have an opinion. You will not know truth, but you will have an opinion. And when people are ignorant of Holy Scripture and the ways of God, they become sensitive to sinners and sympathetic to sin." He continued, noting that when leaders don't know the Word, they follow their sinful instincts: "You will sympathize with those who appear to be marginalized and...

Samuel telling Saul God has rejected him as King of Israel. The P.O.P.E. method brings up the black eyes of marital abuse and the pregnant teens as if God’s truth is a blunt instrument that only causes more harm. But we must realize that distributing Fiat Grace is not love. Real love protects the abused woman by separating her from danger and putting the offender through a rigorous protocol of repentance and restoration. Real love protects the unborn so they may one day worship the God of the...

For examples of the P.O.P.E. in practice we have not far to look. I will start with my favorite subject, marriage for life. Approaching Jesus the word like a child, we can easily see and accept that marriage is for life. Look no further than Luke 16:18. 18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. III. The Sadducee’s Gambit It is difficult to understand how we can navigate around...