The Unseen Role of the 5th Commandment: Honor Parents and Reflect God’s Kingdom truthsum.org
TS Writer
2 months ago in God Family, Children, Family
The 5th commandment—“Honor your father and your mother”—is often understood narrowly as respect, obedience, or caregiving. Yet its purpose extends far beyond interpersonal duty. Honoring parents connects generations, supports godly governance, and reflects our ultimate honor toward God. At the micro level, honor is relational. Children and adults show respect through words, actions, and care for their parents. Ephesians 6:1–3 emphasizes obedience paired with a…
Article 1: Salvation, Not as a Legal Status, but as Restoration truthsum.org
TS Writer
2 months ago in Restoration, Plan of Salvation
When most people hear the word salvation, they instinctively think in legal terms: Am I saved? Have I done enough? Can I lose it? This framework—deeply embedded in modern Christianity—assumes salvation is a momentary judicial transaction: God issues a verdict, the believer is stamped “saved,” and the rest of life becomes either maintaining that status or passively waiting for heaven. But this perspective is largely…
The Gospel Jesus Preached truthsum.org
TS Writer
4 weeks ago in Gospel Message
What if the gospel is bigger than you were ever told? What if forgiveness of sins is not the destination—but the doorway? And what if Jesus’ primary message was not simply about personal salvation, but about the restoration of God’s rule over the earth? Christianity rightly emphasizes the cross, forgiveness, and grace. Without Christ’s sacrifice, there is no reconciliation with God and no hope of…
The Way, Not the Endpoint truthsum.org
TS Writer
1 month ago in Gospel Message
Within Christianity, few instincts feel more natural than the desire to keep Christ at the center. Sermons emphasize Him, songs celebrate Him, and beliefs are often justified with the phrase, “this focuses on Christ.” That instinct is sincere—but it raises an important question when we listen closely to Jesus Himself: what if He never intended to be the destination, but the way forward? Throughout His…
The Female Body, Cultural Commodification, and Biblical Design truthsum.org
TS Writer
2 months ago in Human Beings
The human story is filled with attempts to use, market, regulate, or exploit the female body—sometimes openly through consumption, sometimes subtly through control, but often with little regard for a woman’s true flourishing. Scripture never treats the body as “just flesh.” It ties the body to meaning: creation, vulnerability, beauty, and generational continuity. Because of this, women have been both deeply honored and deeply exploited…
Boys to Men: The Father-Son Crisis – Joseph B. Baity cgg.org
Ryan Welsh
2 months ago in Man/Husband/Father
Young men and boys in America are facing a growing crisis that has unfolded quietly for decades. The erosion of the nuclear family, the marginalization of masculine roles, and the decline of respect for elders have left many boys without clear purpose or strong male role models. Nowhere is this more evident than in the absence of fathers. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly…
Acts 20:7 — Was the Early Church Meeting on Sunday? truthsum.org
TS Writer
1 month ago in Sunday Worship
Many Christians point to Acts 20:7 as evidence that the early church held Sunday worship services. But a closer look at the passage — and how the first century understood time — tells a different story. In Scripture, a new day begins at sunset, not midnight. This means the “first day of the week” began on Saturday evening using modern vernacular, right after the Sabbath…
Article 2: What Paul Was Really Arguing in Galatians — The Spirit vs. “Works of Law” truthsum.org
TS Writer
1 month ago in Biblical Discernment
If salvation begins with receiving the Spirit—as argued in Article 1—then Paul’s letter to the Galatians comes into sharper focus. Galatians is not a debate about grace versus moral effort or faith versus obedience. Paul is addressing a far more specific question: How does someone enter the family of God—by receiving the Spirit, or by becoming Jewish? At the heart of the controversy is Paul’s…
Article 3: The Spirit as the Beginning of Salvation — Why Circumcision Was Never the Gateway truthsum.org
TS Writer
3 weeks ago in Plan of Salvation
Before continuing, it’s worth explaining the deliberate pace of this series. Many assumptions modern Christians bring to Paul’s letters were not formed directly from Scripture, but from generations of layered explanations, inherited frameworks, and well-intentioned yet flawed teaching. Over time, these ideas shape how the text is read automatically, often without being questioned. What should be a fairly understandable subject has been made unnecessarily complex….
Article 4 – Acts 15: The Council That Redefined the People of God truthsum.org
TS Writer
4 days ago in Spirit in Man
Acts 15 records a decisive moment in the early Church—not because doctrine changed, but because God’s actions forced clarity. The Jerusalem Council was not debating abstract theories of salvation. The question was far more concrete: Must Gentiles take on Jewish covenant identity in order to belong to the Spirit-filled people of God? Within first-century Judaism, belonging followed clear categories. Jews were born into the covenant….
The Wedge of Social Media: Formation, Humility, and the Test of Community truthsum.org
TS Writer
1 week ago in God Family, Family
Social media offers unprecedented access to ideas and communities, but it also exposes the cracks in our formation. Every belief finds reinforcement, every doubt an echo, every opinion a following. Children grow up immersed in this environment, and adults are not immune. Families strain, and even churches feel the pull. What matters most is not how loudly something is said, but what kind of foundation…