Paul Derengowski, ThM In Matthew 15:1-20, Jesus is confronted by the religious elite over the subject of hand-washing and tradition. From the context, the exchange was not only controversial, but one gets the idea that it was a bit heated too. It was one of several exchanges that Jesus had…
Paul Derengowski, ThM Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of understanding who we are, in our natural state, and how we stand before God as guilty reprobates and perverts. “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory God,” wrote the Apostle Paul (Rom. 3:23). That all of the hand-wringing,…
Paul Derengowski, ThM If it has not become transparently evident just how rotten human beings can be lately, with all of the sexual abuse accusations and confessions being tossed about like popcorn in a hopper, something else is transparently evident as well: how self-righteously hypocritical many are amid all accusations…
Paul Derengowski, ThM Yes, that’s right. The Holy Days are upon us, as many of us get caught up in hanging Christ Mass lights on our houses, erecting Christ Mass trees in our living rooms, and finding that perfect gift to give to someone we love, instead of to Christ…
Paul Derengowski, ThM This morning I read a comment from an author, Edwin Franden Dakin, who wrote long ago about the religion that Mary Baker Eddy created, Christian Science, but his comment was broadly speaking about “new religion.” He wrote, “There is always an audience for a new religion, and…
Paul Derengowski, ThM There is an adage we all sometimes hear to try and explain what appears to be obvious, that goes something like this: If it walks like a duck, and it acts like a duck, and it looks like a duck, then it must be a duck. In…
Paul Derengowski, ThM I keep hearing that America is a Christian nation or at least was founded as a Christian nation; it’s all right there in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Can’t you see it? What I frequently see are some borrowed terms that fit well within the Deist…
Paul Derengowski, ThM Have you ever wondered why talking to some people is like talking to a brick wall? They want to argue whatever specious point they have, but when you bring up the fact that their point is specious, they are simply incredulous that you do not agree with…
Paul Derengowski, ThM And because of this God sends into them a work of deceit in order to believe in the lie, in order that those who did not believe in the truth may be judged, but took pleasure in wickedness (2 Thess. 2:11-12). Until the Lord returns, lawlessness, wickedness,…
Paul Derengowski, ThM And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming (2 Thess. 2:8). The solution to all of the lawlessness facing humanity is Jesus Christ. Of course,…