The terms 'world' and 'earth' have completely different meanings. Our Lord certainly made the distinction between 'world' and 'earth' when he said, "I have overcome the world" in John 16:33. It would be meaningless if he had said, "I have overcome the earth."
When you see the term "world" in scripture, it...
Mark 12:17, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
“Render to Caesar” is often quoted as the definitive answer to how much authority Caesar has over us. But does something belong to Caesar simply because he says it does? For example, if the incom...
Recently a tweet about Irene Zisblatt (Wikipedia) resulted in our first ever twitter timeout censure. The tweet was factually correct, and was not targeted harassment at anyone. This is the story of how and why that tweet came about, and a response to the anti free-speech truth-hating cowards who...
There are ten essential maxims or precepts in commercial law.
1 - Workman is worth of his hire. The first of these is expressed in Exodus 20:15; Lev. 19:13; Mat. 10:10; Luke 10:7; Tim. 2:6. Legal maxim: "It is against equity for freemen not to have the free disposal of their own property."
2 - The sec...