As I was drawn into the Autobiography of Mark Twain, the following paragraph nearly drove me to despair…then I remembered the Gospel… A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle for bread; they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little mean advantages over each other; age creeps upon them; infirmitiesContinueContinue reading “A Depressingly “Ecclesiastical” Perspective by Mark Twain”
Author Archives: Chad C. Ashby
Abortion: A Blatant Denial of Substitutionary Atonement
Have you ever wondered why infanticide has been a part of most societies throughout history? When you read about the cultures that surrounded Israel, it is quite clear that sacrificing children was a common practice in their cult worship (2 Kings 17:31-33). Both Ezekiel and Isaiah actually indicted their own people for partaking in theContinueContinue reading “Abortion: A Blatant Denial of Substitutionary Atonement”
God Actually Does Care How We Worship Him
God actually does care how we worship Him. When you put it that way, of course no one will disagree–at least not vocally. However, pragmatically many churches and pastors are organizing their Sunday morning worship service according to one mantra: “If it works…”, well, you know the rest. As I have been reading through the second half ofContinueContinue reading “God Actually Does Care How We Worship Him”
Since When Did Musicians Become “Recording Artists”?
Music has changed drastically in the last hundred years from a communal experience to an intensely private one. How did this happen? Why did this happen? What does it have to do with our music in the church? It all began in 1877 with Edison’s invention of the phonograph. This machine was the push thatContinueContinue reading “Since When Did Musicians Become “Recording Artists”?”
The Gosnell Case: Awareness is Never Enough
If you still haven’t seen a post about the Kermit Gosnell case, click here for an accurate, though graphic, description of what has been coined the “house of horrors”. When I first read about Gosnell’s clinic I began to feel sick at the filth and murder, but what really got my stomach churning was theContinueContinue reading “The Gosnell Case: Awareness is Never Enough”
Alcohol: The Forbidden Fruit (of the Vine)
Thousands of years have passed since that fateful day in the Garden of Eden, and as Bono puts it, “We still haven’t found what we’re looking for.” We are still struggling with the same temptation to eat (or drink) of the forbidden fruit. When both of my little boys grew close to a year old,ContinueContinue reading “Alcohol: The Forbidden Fruit (of the Vine)”
Alcohol and the Christian: A Review of the Lecture Series given at BJU
“Moderate alcohol consumption is the Satanically arranged pathway to alcohol abuse.” “Never drink, never drunk.” “No other sin alters the brain like alcohol. Drinking is in a separate class of sin.” The above statements were spoken during four lectures given March 4-7 at Bob Jones University on the issue of Christians and Alcohol. A friendContinueContinue reading “Alcohol and the Christian: A Review of the Lecture Series given at BJU”