The Bible and Our Culture

The Bible has different applications about correcting mockers for different reasons...

Do you correct mockers?  

Bible verses have different applications when you look at passages from different perspectives.  That is, it all lines up beautifully; but we can see different truths when we look at passages from a bird's eye view, versus viewing from a microscope.

Wise people welcome correction.

Getting into arguments on social media?  Do's and Don'ts.

Solomon warned not to correct the wicked, but Jesus said we are blessed when persecuted. How do we live?

When should we take a stand or shut up?

How does hide and seek fit with dogs and pigs?

Take a Strong Stand, but Wisely

Correcting fools? When and why.

There is a time to avoid giving correction, but there is a time to be willing to do so.  

Judge by being an echo or a ditto.

1Corinthians is consistent that we must echo God's judgments as we "judge" righteously.

We must aspire to be good at Judging.

The world loves to tell Christians they are judgmental, but don't see how judgmental they are about how judgmental they think Christians are.  

Many "Christians" are terrified about being labeled judgmental by the world; consequently, they water down judgments God has already made (or try to explain away God's judgments altogether). 

Judge righteously. Get good at judging!

The gospel of John is consistent that Jesus didn't judge but simply re-stated the Father's judgments.

"Judge Not"....in context.

We can't pick and choose Scriptures. The popular versus are not more inspired than the less renown verses.

"Lose your soul," "take up your cross" "surrender all" versus typical American sales and marketing.

Why are we ashamed of our biblical morals?

The lies the world and "Christianity" tells about following Jesus.

God flatters His Church by calling us the New Jerusalem.

Why does God call His people the "New Jerusalem", the "Heavenly Jerusalem", and the "Jerusalem from above"?

If He calls His Church the New Jerusalem then He must love and have plans for the natural Jerusalem as well. 

Who is the New Jerusalem?

David talked about a spiritual house of the Lord when there was no physical house of the Lord.!

How to ascend into the mountain of the LORD.

Worshipping together brings a different anointing.

God's command to party regularly.

There was no physical house when David wrote songs about the house of the Lord.

Address the elephant in the room: lack of hope!

Our hope as believers brings a stark contrast to the world's lack of hope.

Focus on the unseen--focus on the eternal!

What hope do we have that the world wants to hear.

Jesus gives us hope in so many different facets. 

Focusing on eternity is hope the world can't boast about.

The world's lack of hope must be addressed.