Our Desire to Avoid Blame

February 19, 2026

by Gary Henry “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what…

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Where the Blame Actually Belongs

December 19, 2023

by Terry Wane Benton Humans have a terrible habit of shifting blame. We saw it in the Garden of Eden when Adam blamed the woman and God who gave her to him, and we saw it in the people of Jeremiah’s day. God brought the truth before their consciences, saying, “Your ways and your doings have…

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Those “Other” Sinners

April 20, 2007

by Robert F. Turner “And John answered and said, `Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us'” (Luke 9:49). Answered what? The word may mean, “began to speak” but Vine says, it is always “where something has preceded, either statement or act to…

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