Biblical Reason & Revelation

  When Adults Abandon Their Calling: The Moral Failure of Our Education System and Parenting   In recent weeks, I’ve watched something unfold in our schools that has shaken me deeply. Teachers—adults entrusted with the care of someone else’s child—have allowed minors to skip class, wander into political protests, and even step into busy streets. One child was struck by a car. Thank God the child survived. But the fact that this happened at all reveals a deeper spiritual problem: We are letting children make adult decisions, and we are calling it empowerment. Scripture calls it abandonment. This is not about politics. This is about responsibility, morality, and the Christian understanding of childhood. And it is time to say it plainly: Allowing children to bear adult burdens is not Christian. It is a betrayal of the innocence Jesus defended. — Children Are Not Meant to Navigate Life Alone From the beginning of Scripture, God makes it clear that children require guidance, format...

When Understanding Isn’t Enough: Why God Wants My Obedience, Not Just My Insight This whole reflection began while I was reading through 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings. I wasn’t looking for anything profound — I was simply following the stories of Saul, David, and Solomon. But as I moved from one king to the next, something clicked. I kept seeing men who knew God, who heard God, who even spoke with God — and yet they still failed Him. That’s when a sentence dropped into my mind, almost out of nowhere: “To understand is passive. To be understood is active.” And suddenly the entire narrative of Scripture — from Genesis to the Gospels — snapped into focus. The kings didn’t fail because they lacked knowledge. They failed because they lacked obedience. They understood God, but their lives were not understood by God as faithful. That insight became the backbone of this blog. --- The Difference Between Understanding and Being Understood Understanding is something I receive. Being unders...