Religion

Suffering and the God Who Got Involved

Posted by on April 1, 2018 at 7:56 pm

“3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”  — II […]

Do Gentiles Belong in Messianic Jewish Congregations?

Posted by on March 11, 2018 at 7:47 pm

“26 For you are all sons of God through trusting in Messiah Yeshua. 27 For all of you who were immersed in Messiah have clothed yourselves with Messiah. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female — for you are all one in Messiah […]

Feminist Nonsense Attacks on God and the Bible

Posted by on February 12, 2018 at 12:03 am

“[S]tupid. Asinine. Ridiculous. Ludicrous. Imbecilic. Witless. Obtuse. Fatuous. Harebrained. Doltish. Preposterous.”  — Ben Shapiro, commenting on Rabbi Kolton’s claims Originally, I was going to blog on something more politically-oriented this week, like infamous memos & dossiers, or maybe the budget deal. But, I came across something else that piqued my interest much more, so… The […]

Difference Between Samson and a Suicide Bomber

Posted by on February 4, 2018 at 10:39 pm

“He pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the leaders and all the people in it. And the dead he killed at his death were more than those he had killed in his life.”  — Judges 16:30b (HCSB) It wasn’t all that long ago — certainly within my lifetime — that instances […]

Does Time Act Differently In God’s Presence?

Posted by on January 14, 2018 at 10:39 pm

“Christians want to be under rather than over Scripture, yet we do not want to be anti-science. So what do we do with this apparent antinomy* between the book of Scripture and the book of nature?”  — Jud Davis Believe it or not, I don’t always have a science/faith book in progress. But, prior to […]

Another Year-End Top 10

Posted by on December 31, 2017 at 7:53 pm

In what has become something of a year-end tradition here at “A View from the Right”, my final post for 2017 is a “Top 10” of links (with associated excerpts) to posts from preceding years. (The first two even go back to 2010 and 2011, respectively.) The idea is to give readers — especially newer […]

A Little-Known Fact About the Nativity Shepherds

Posted by on December 24, 2017 at 6:03 pm

“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.”  — Micah 5:2 (ESV) I was wondering what I might do for a Christmas-themed […]

A Concerned Plea to Scientists and Educators

Posted by on December 17, 2017 at 8:52 pm

“[Y]ou should not fool the laymen when you’re talking as a scientist…. I’m talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is [more than] not lying, but bending over backwards to show how you’re maybe wrong, that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly […]

The Jewish Thanksgiving Connection

Posted by on November 26, 2017 at 7:34 pm

“How can I repay Adonai for all His bounties to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call on the Name of Adonai.”  — Psalms 116:12-13 (Tree of Life Version (TLV)) I know we’re past Thanksgiving Day, but I figured I could still squeeze a related blogpost in before the long weekend […]

Thoughts on the Roy Moore Situation

Posted by on November 12, 2017 at 5:37 pm

“It never happened, and I don’t even like hearing it because it never happened, and they’re doing this a month away, four weeks [before the election], after 40 years in public service.”  — Justice Roy Moore, speaking with Sean Hannity I haven’t really been following Roy Moore’s career closely. Though, of course, I remember the […]