By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When Christ, the Son of God, was born into this world of wars and bloodshed, the Bible says the angels appeared to shepherds and said, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men’ (Luke 2:14). Christ, the Prince of Peace, came to bring peace. Wars […]
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Don’t Trust in Princes
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I was a Democrat in my early years as a pastor. Several years later, I moved over to the Republican camp. I changed my registration because Republicans, I believed, better reflected than Democrats a commitment to Judeo-Christian values. Now I am beginning to see key Republicans drifting away from […]
The Turkey Rapture
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The Puritans celebrated thanksgiving, partly because they were saved from the Indians. Today, I think most Americans celebrate being saved from the Puritans. How foolish! “The Puritans were a people of tremendous Christian character. We ought to hold them up in many ways as examples. They contributed so much […]
Go Vote!
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “A democracy, – that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness sake, I will call it the idea of freedom.” -Thomas Parker, The […]
A Little Side Action in Church
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “It is troublesome to see how badly gambling has infiltrated the church. Gambling is a sin. It feeds covetousness. God’s Word calls on us to be content with what we’ve been given. “The apostle Paul wrote, ‘I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know […]
Worshipping Created Things Rather than the Creator
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “All of what the scientist sees is not what it seems… I would agree the Bible is not a textbook on science. But that doesn’t mean that it is either untrue or unscientific when it mentions matters of science incidentally or plainly. In order to find the truth either […]
Church Trivia
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “There is a lot about worship that seems to be changing – some of it good and some of it not. We’ve gone from hard benches to sit on to cushioned ones to comfortable theatre seats. We’ve gone from church etiquette that encourages a quiet and reverent spirit to […]
The Patmos Post Office
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew Christian Cartoons “The apostle John is the writer of this great book. However, the order that its revelation comes to us is: God gave it to Christ, who sent it by an angel to John to show us coming events. It is a book of many symbols that are […]
Big Eva
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “What we need today are churches awake to hear the Spirit of God, awake to the teachings of God’s Holy Word, moving to awaken the nation to God’s Sovereignty, his grace, his justice, and salvation by faith in Christ alone. God save us from ‘woke’ churches. Awakened churches, yes. […]
Praying for our Leaders in D.C.
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “In one of the previous churches I pastored, there was a stately and distinguished-looking old man in my church. The fact was, however, he just cleaned up well. He was just a farmer who also ran a country store. His son-in-law was often impressed with how distinguished he could […]