Romans 13

Ep. 035 | Submit to the Government or Civil Disobedience? — TAU Roundtable

April 28, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

George Alvarado, Michael Coughlin, and Chuck Ivey discuss what it means to submit to the government or practice civil disobedience. Is there a balance? Does submission to the government mean you’re a statist? If you call out the injustices and practice civil disobedience, does that mean you are not practicing Romans 13? How do we […]

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Michael Coughlin

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That Ain’t Your Mama’s Hyssop

David is guilty of the death of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:15). Although he hadn’t physically touched Uriah’s dead body, there is a sense of uncleanness because of his involvement in Uriah’s death. So when David cries out to the Lord to be purged with hyssop, he is calling on God to cleanse him from his sin. David could have offered more sacrifices than nearly anyone who has ever lived. He was a rich man! But he knew that God delights in “a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart,” rather than animal sacrifices (Psalm 51:16-17), and certainly hyssop is similarly a prefigurement of something…or Someone.

Pure Logical Milk?

1 Peter 2:2 is a major point of contention in the King James Only controversy, but the real issues underlying the passage get lost amidst the standard KJVO rhetoric. ESV (2016) — Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—” NASB (1995) — like newborn […]

Myths and Truths About Foster Care, Part 1

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Foster Care, it’s that people have a great deal of preconceived notions. I was no different, really. I came into foster care believing I knew what I was getting into. The truth is God has used my foster kids, and the whole experience in general, to teach me […]

Lexham English Bible: Outdoing the NASB?

In my previous post, which concerned John MacArthur’s announcement of the new Legacy Standard Bible translation and the ever-impending NASB 2020 update, one point that seemed to gain much attention was the existence of the Lexham English Bible, a translation that already includes the distinctives John MacArthur touted in his announcement of the LSB: YHWH […]

The Shame of Idols

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