Pastor Gabe's Old Blog

In my last article, I walked the reader through what the Bible says about the death penalty for murderers, rapists, and child molesters. I also responded to several questions and criticisms. You can read that article here . In response, Tyler Lee Conway, graduate of Truett Seminary, sent me an article written by Dr. Matthew Arbo entitled Why I Oppose Capital Punishment , published through The Gospel Coalition (TGC also featured an article entitled Why I Support Capital Punishment by the late Chuck Colson). Dr. Arbo is a professor of theological studies at Oklahoma Baptist University and an elder in his church. He's also a Research Fellow in Christian Ethics for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (ERLC). In his article, Dr. Arbo gave both philosophical and theological reasons why he is opposed to the death penalty. For the sake of brevity, I'm not going to engage Dr. Arbo's philosophical reasons. Besides, I don't believ...

An Indiana man named Michael Middaugh was sent to prison in 2006 for child molesting. He was released from prison last year. He failed to register as a sex offender, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Before he could be apprehended, he raped an Amish wife and mother while she was home alone. A London man named Reynhard Sinaga was sentenced this month to life in prison for the sexual assault of nearly 200 men and having committed 136 anal rapes. The case against him was easy to make as he had videos of almost all of his assaults which he kept on two cell phones. A Colorado man named Christopher Watts was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife and three children. At first he claimed his wife killed their kids, and he retaliated by killing her. But three months after being sentenced, he admitted that he had an affair and his pregnant wife found out about it, so he strangled her to death and then his two daughters—with his bare hands. If you love what is good, pur...

You probably didn't know that Danica Patrick is a Zen Buddhist, self-help guru, motivational speaker, and prosperity preacher, did you? Maybe you knew Danica Patrick as a race car driver, or a (seldom dressed) spokesperson for GoDaddy.com, or Aaron Rogers' girlfriend. But as Danica says at the start of her podcast: I believe that each and every one us has the power within ourselves to create the life that we really want, and I want to help give you the tools to make that happen. I'm Danica Patrick, and I'm pretty intense. That's not the kind of intro you might expect on the podcast of a racer, but Danica seems to have summed up the parlance of a "If you can see it, you can be it" generation. Recently, Danica sat down for an interview with aforementioned boyfriend Aaron Rogers, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, who lost this past Sunday in the NFC Championship Game against the San Fransisco 49ers. This interview is just beginning to stir wid...