Peter Paul Reuben: The Tribute Money Caesar’s coin. Also called a denarius. A single day’s wage for a peasant. Such coins were stamped with the image of Caesar along with the inscription “Tiberius Caesar, Augusts, son of divine Augustus.”[1] Jesus Christ used a simple Roman denarius as an object lesson on maintaining pure worship while … Continue reading Jesus, Caesar’s Coin, and Christian Statecraft in Luke 20:20-26
Abraham Lincoln – Nothing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on, and degraded, and imbruted by its fellows.
...Nothing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on, and degraded, and imbruted by its fellows...
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn: “Ideology — that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification…”
Ideology — that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination.
My thoughts for this 2016 Election Day
Dear Christian friends,I pray that things have been well. This Election Day marks the end of long process which in my humble opinion brought out the worst in a good many folks, and what a relief it is to know the election season has passed.I hope that you did indeed vote today, plan on voting, … Continue reading My thoughts for this 2016 Election Day
Grappling with the Craziness of an Election Year with the Book of Kings
Well this is another election year, which makes the Tuesday after the first Monday in November the terminus ad quem for all the political madness that comes beforehand in the USA. With all the mudslinging, rioting, and overall incivility, it is hard to believe were still have over five months to go. I am going … Continue reading Grappling with the Craziness of an Election Year with the Book of Kings