tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11738269.post3549577041186547438..comments2023-10-02T05:33:15.293-05:00Comments on The Contemporary Calvinist: Franklin Graham: Changing Hearts at the Point of a Gun?Lee Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11254842261338255019noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11738269.post-69029819861020122492013-04-30T17:04:57.172-05:002013-04-30T17:04:57.172-05:00Bring God's laws back? I must have missed the ...Bring God's laws back? I must have missed the violence tax in the Pentateuch. Seriously, our church is as ignorant, contradictory, and schizophrenic as the world. We possess the oracles of God, but know nothing about them nor can we construct a biblical worldview from them. On one hand we are thoroughly antinomian and insist that we are under grace and not law (without correctly understanding what that truly means). On the other hand, we are good Pharisees who need to bring back God's laws to get everyone to behave.<br /><br />Nowhere do you see the recognition that the law has no power to save or to regenerate fallen man. Only the Gospel can do that. But, rather than give a full-throated exposition of Christ and Him crucified each week, we appeal to Caesar to fix us. As if Caesar could make bad trees yield good fruit. We're simply reaping God's judgment on a church that is no longer salt and light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11738269.post-22535737390664007242013-04-29T10:17:18.251-05:002013-04-29T10:17:18.251-05:00Government is force, no matter how legitimate or j...Government is force, no matter how legitimate or justified. I don't think Christians should be supporting taxes as a way to curb behavior (e.g. smoking, watching violent movies). That isn't how hearts are changed.Lee Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11254842261338255019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11738269.post-50539366193534675282013-04-28T23:50:04.446-05:002013-04-28T23:50:04.446-05:00That is how you are going to define a tax? Come to...That is how you are going to define a tax? Come to think of it, that is how you can define any law that the gov't passes. <br /><br />Both the Bible and the Constitution establish legitimate grounds for taxes.Curt Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086508660386800294noreply@blogger.com