Baptism is a doctrine causing major controversy in the Church. Dunk or sprinkle? Blessed water or not? Baptize infants? Just raising the issue causes division and strife, and this should not be as the issue of baptism is easily solved --- not by holding preconceived ideas, but looking at what the Bible has to say.
The unpardonable sin in Matthew 12:31-32 can cause problems for Christians if they don't understand it. It's important to understand what it is (and what it isn't) to deny Satan the ability to attack your assurance of salvation. Christians frequently worry about the unpardonable sin, but do they need to?
All the recent flap over the comments of pastor Jeremiah Wright illustrates an important point. It's not really about his comments, or if Obama himself supported them (or heard them at all), it's not even about racism --- those are all political issues and have been discussed elsewhere ad nauseum without resolution. But one issue hasn't been discussed much and missed entirely by the media ...
By now, everyone should have heard the story -- the up and coming Democrat Governor of New York wasted tens of thousands of dollars on prostitutes and resigned. But beyond the basic case itself (similar stores being repeated among Presidents, Congressmen, and Senators), what does this mean for the Christian? What lessons should (must) we learn from Spitzer's downfall?
