There are a number of verses in the Bible that command us to lead a quiet life, to provide for ourselves and to mind our own business. I Thes 4:11 encourages a Christian to lead a quiet life, to mind their own business, and to work with their own hands. II Thes 3:12 commands a… Continue reading A Quiet Life
Author: Larry Foster
I am the Editor of the Conservative Christian Apologist. I have been a Christian for almost 60 years since my youth.
A Prisoner of God
The following passage from the Bonhoeffer biography by Eric Metaxas really spoke to me. Hitler had just came to power (by popular election no less) but had not as yet gained complete power and had to use persuasion to accomplish what he later accomplished by decree. He was attempting to get the Church to come… Continue reading A Prisoner of God
Praying Without Ceasing
I Thessalonians 5:17 reminds us that we are to "pray without ceasing". But how is this to be accomplished as we go along in our daily lives? The great confederate general and devout christian Stonewall Jackson once explained how he implemented this in his life after a friend complained about the difficulty of obeying this… Continue reading Praying Without Ceasing
Brokenhearted Sinner
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is known for his opposition to Hitler ending in his martyrdom and also for great works he published including "Costs of Discipleship". However, before these events, right after he obtained his doctorate and became eligible for the ministry, he accepted a position in Barcelona Spain for one year. There he had opportunity… Continue reading Brokenhearted Sinner
Reaching the Lost
In Mark 10:17-27 we see the story of the Rich Young Ruler which is instructive as to the proper way to reach out to the lost. We must make it clear that a person has to accept God on his terms. Also, once the terms are presented, in this case the demand to sell all… Continue reading Reaching the Lost
The Unman
I have often imagined Satan as a super intelligent being perhaps only a little less intelligent than God himself. However, in the fiction story told in the book, Perelandra, written by C. S. Lewis the being representative of Satan is described as more like “an imbecile or a monkey or a very nasty child”. Perelandra… Continue reading The Unman
An Ordinary Life
I was recently reading about the life of Bronson Alcott, Father of the author of "Little Women" and prominent Unitarian. The book contained a quote from his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, the famous author and leading Unitarian minister of his day, disdaining the life of the common man. He found great consternation in his observation… Continue reading An Ordinary Life
A Famine in the Land
Amos 8:11 – “Hear this! The days are coming – this is the declaration of the Lord God – when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” Like the Israelites in the Prophet Amos’s day America… Continue reading A Famine in the Land
