Authority is often thought of in negative terms. One would ask why. The answer is two-fold. Authority is often despised because of the frequent abuse of authority. Sadly, it happens often, that one In authority over others abuses his power. We will speak about that in a future installment. A second reason authority is often […]

Two issues back we considered the source of authority. God is the source. He reveals to us His will through the Word, the Scriptures. Last time we addressed the topic of the agents of authority. As we go about our business in life, God comes to us mainly through three agents: our parents, the church, […]

In the past issues, we wrote about how God is the source of authority. He mediates His will to us by way of His Word. And so the Word, because it is God’s Word, has authority over our lives. Further, we said that God approaches us in life through several agents. We wrote about parental […]

When, in AD 70, the emperor Titus marched on Jerusalem with four legions of soldiers he decimated the Jewish population and destroyed the thousand-year-old temple built by King Solomon. Some forty years earlier another King had entered the city. He brought no sword or shield, but only a small group of fisherman and whatever ragtag […]