Building on the Foundation

It's always a pleasure to get into the Word of God for a deep dive into what He has to say to us, and this particular series of studies is no different.  I’m particularly excited to present this specific project to you all, and it has been the largest project I've put my time toward since I began writing for this blog. My goal with this series of posts is to approach the biblical truth surrounding the topic of marriage with as much directness and perhaps even bluntness as possible. No beating around the bush, just the plain and simple truth of what God has revealed in His word.  I'm not a greatly experienced man in marriage, even though I am married, but the purpose of this article series is not to provide sage advice based on decades of practical experience. The purpose of these articles is to present the wisdom contained in the Word of God as simply and plainly as possible.  There are many sensitive topics surrounding marriage, but because of the purpose in writing, th...

  Today’s topic is not a pleasant one, but it is a critical one, and the Word of God has much to tell us about it. It is a matter of spiritual life and death for all of God’s people! It is about putting the wicked, the unrepentant and wanton sinners, out of our congregations. Paul exhorted the Corinthians, “put away from yourselves the evil person” (1 Cor. 5:13). Paul sternly rebuked the Corinthians for their tolerance of wickedness in their midst, telling them, “You are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you” (1 Cor. 5:2). Many of us in the congregations of God today are no better than the Corinthians. We have tolerated wickedness in our midst just as much as they did. We have kept company with and befriended those whom God told us to shun, and have not rather mourned, that those who had done those deeds might be taken away from among us. Many times in the Old Testament, God commanded that the wicked be purged from...