Mercy

Wes Widner on May 5th, 2011

Here is a snippet from a comment series on a previous post that I thought was worth highlighting: Incest was necessary given the nature of God’s creation of human lineage. And polygamy and concubines run rampant in the Old Testament among those deemed righteous. Incest is not unnatural in the biological sense. One could, and [...]

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Wes Widner on February 10th, 2011

A rather interesting discussion on Facebook began when a friend of mine posted the following: The Prince of Peace also is the holy, righteous, and just God of wrath. Justice is the reason for wrath Justice, not wrath. In order for God to be a “God of wrath” there would need to be something for [...]

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Wes Widner on July 17th, 2009

The problem Josh McDowell has stated that in our day, Matthew 7:1 “Do not judge…” has replaced John 3:16 “For God so loved the world…” as the most widely recognized and quoted verse. I believe this to be the case and I think the primary reason for it, at least in our culture, is the postmodern attitude [...]

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