Christian Mind in Action
A totalitarian government claims total control over the society. But for what? For the perpetuation of this regime, or his regime as often is the case. No doubt, the control is for the enjoyment of power and resources. However, a dictator is not simply a hedonist, although he may be.…
The most common error in writing history is being simplistic, and this temptation is especially strong when the writer happens to be (and often is) the victor of history. Not surprisingly, the US dominated narrative on the collapse of USSR is one uncomplicated slogan “we fought and we won”. As…
Politics does not rise or fall alone. Man functions upon a philosophical and theological presupposition, consciously or unconsciously. He lives in and through his vision of reality concerning God, man, and the world. There are two types of change for a man: one is a change in the vision, and…
Totalitarianism, in one sense, has been the norm of human society for millenniums as most ancient kings and lords claimed a total authority over the people and the land. This totalitarian authority was often established upon a divine stewardship or a direct claim of divinity. But in another sense, totalitarianism…
A Christian preacher/teacher is a servant of God and a minister of God’s Word. Our Lord commanded the apostles to “teach them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt. 28:20); the apostles said, “we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” (Act. 6:4);…
Fallen man worships creatures, and all worship denotes certain types of dependence. Man sinned by desiring to be self-sufficient as God is self-sufficient, but as a creature he cannot and will never be so. He must depend upon someone or something. This dependence is the root of religion, the search…
Early reformers criticized the Catholic view on baptismal regeneration and transubstantiation of the eucharist. They agreed on disagreeing with the Catholics, but they did not agree amongst themselves. On the Lord’s supper, the first debate was between Luther and Zwingli, then came a sort of reconciling view from Calvin. On…
The Christian faith was “once for all delivered to the saints”, and what the apostle declared was “the while counsel of God”. The Scripture as God’s Word has a definite content, given by God through people God ordained in ways God controlled. This “special/extraordinary” revelation is distinguished from the “general/ordinary”…