Reformed Blogging

"But it hurts! You don't know how hard it is to be insulted!" is a very common thing that rings in my head. The issue of insults is this is that they are always meant to put people down. It really hurts one's own ego. There's always going to be people who will put me down. It's very tempting to get physical and get even but why should I? Here's what the Bible says about petty insults: Matthew 5:44 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you , do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Luke 6:35 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 1 Peter 3:9 - Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. Why is...

People love to use the excuse that the Bible was written by man so why should they believe it. I throw the answer to ask them on who wrote all their textbooks. This creates a really bad case of double standard.  Atheists say that they reject the Bible because man wrote it. They mock it because it's only written by man but wait... many of them don't even bother to question the writings of great atheists. Let any famous atheist write a book and they're going to applaud it as Christians applaud Scripture. Don't tell me that those who wrote their books were not men?  The other group that I'd like to raise up are those who reject Sola Scriptura while claiming to be Christian. Many of them say that the Bible is only written by men, they say that Sola Scriptura is self-refuting (and they misquote obvious verses that support Sola Scriptura) but they put their faith on religious leaders and councils. A good example is how the Bible is downplayed and the figurehe...

It's amazing how people quote verses out of the Bible's context to justify heresy. Worse, such people may be accusing me of "rejecting God's Word to keep my tradition" when they're the ones who are doing it. While I'm aware that the New Testament doesn't follow the ceremonial law anymore, Christians may now eat pork and shrimp but the moral law stays the same. Just because God doesn't call for the death of homosexuals in the New Testament doesn't mean He's already condoned to it. What's morally wrong will always be morally wrong. I'm sorry but God hasn't changed His standard of morality even just one bit! The problem is that people love to cherry pick verses and prune what they find uncomfortable. It reminded me of how shocked I was that the Ten Commandments forbade the use of graven images while it was removed from the official catechism of the Vatican. I was shocked to find out that in the Old Testaments priests were requ...

People tell me, "Please be tolerant! Stop criticizing other religions! We should love one another!" I'm sorry but people just keep taking Scriptures out of their context or they misinterpret the obvious. If my discussion with Roman Catholics about Peter's so-called primacy is already stressful enough, the same goes for every misapplied verse. One of them is to misapply love one another. Pope Francis is just one of the many fools out there who's fond of misapplying that verse. It's true Christians are called to be loving but not on the worldly definition of love. Christians are called to love people to tell them the truth about sin and salvation only through the Lord Jesus Christ. the problem today is that we've got this "love" gospel which waters down repentance, we've got quack preachers who say they're Christians because they accept other religions. Worse, they say they're pretty "sure" that the Lord Jesus doesn'...

What makes my mind blow is that Richard Dawkins said that it's a fact that life evolved out of nearly NOTHING after the universe evolved out of nothing. He says it's a fact but where is the data to prove that the universe evolved out of nothing after billions of years? It wasn't observable nor was it tested. The whole idea of evolution is unscientific because there's nothing provable with his statement. Atheists claim to be the most scientific people but they haven't proven anything yet a lot of people believe them. Some atheistic scientists have studied science for themselves yet they don't realize the simple truth that science contradicts evolution. Do you want to know what God thinks about this one? The Apostle Paul wrote: Romans 3:19-21 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are...

I just want to get so angry looking at this! It's easy to remind myself that Jesus never promised me to be happy, healthy and wealthy all the time. It's easy to remind myself that the Christian life will be difficult. But it's hard to remind myself to calm down whenever the crowd doesn't want the truth and would rather choose to remain lost in their error. It's a huge problem today that people today would rather choke on their pride than spit it out so they can swallow the truth. They'd rather believe comforting lies that would soothe and kill rather than the truth that will hurt and heal.  Satan really knows this truth that and he knows it well. This is the truth that we can't ignore about how deception and sin spreads: 1 John 2:16 - For everything in the world— the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life —comes not from the Father but from the world. Although I don't encourage blaming Satan for your sins and you sho...

Almost every day, it's very easy to hear unsound doctrine. Some even dare to say they're "sound doctrine" but what are they teaching? Some of these teachings that really annoy me because its proponents take the Scriptures out of context are like adding works to faith in Jesus Christ, Antinomianism, Pelagianism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Gnosticism or just anything that doesn't agree with the Bible. What's worse is that even after I point out the Scriptures in context, they still insist in taking the Scriptures out of context. Arguing with such people is stressful. There are many times I fail to take the advice of 2 Timothy 2:16 to shun profane babbling which increases unto ungodliness. The reason is because of pride. I forget that I became a good person from a bad person not by myself but by God's grace. Salvation to sanctification is God's work. I claim nothing and can claim nothing because God's work is what made me a better person. Every lo...