Scripture clearly teaches that a woman should never be in authority over men, and there is no example in Scripture of a woman exercising authority over men with divine approval. Furthermore, when women exercise their spiritual gifts, it is always to be under the authority of men according to Scripture.

According to first century Jewish writer, Flavius Josephus, King Herod began the rebuilding in his eighteenth year:

"And now Herod, in the eighteenth year of his reign, and after the acts already mentioned, undertook a very great work, that is, to build of himself the temple of God, and make it larger in compass, and to raise it to a most magnificent altitude, as esteeming it to be the most glorious of all his actions, as it really was, to bring it to perfection, and that this would be sufficient for an everlasting memorial of him" [Josephus, Flavius. (1970). Josephus Complete Works. Translated by William Whiston . Kregel Publications: Grand Rapids, MI, p. 334].

"In 37 BC the Senate appointed a Jew, Herod the Great, King of Judaea" [J. M. Roberts. (2003). The New History of the World. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 264].

2. The Bible never commands us to lie.

2.1. While the Bible condemns killing, it also commands killing in certain circumstances.

2.2. There are no such commands with regard to lying.

3. The Bible never commends lying. The Bible does commend people who have lied, but never explicitly for their lying.

4. The Bible commands and commends the use of military stratagems.

5. God has ordained whatsoever comes to pass.

5.1. God has ordained everything in history, including all manner of human barbarity.

5.2. In the sovereignty of God, he has given people over to all kinds of evil, using various means, natural and supernatural to accomplish his ends.

5.3. God has not only given people over to lying, he is also ultimately the one who has judged the West through the dreadful outpouring of sexual perversion that we now witness.

6. Are we forbidden to lie to people whom we judge not to be our neighbors?

7. Rather than planning to sin in response to hypothetical situations, we are commanded to trust our sovereign God who will never allow us to be tempted beyond our ability to withstand it.

For a message of hope for people who struggle with same sex temptations, I would like to recommend a sermon that I preached: [URL=http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=1230071116124]]]Lot's City: Unbridled Sensuality[/URL].

What if what Mr. Colson meant was "people who belong to a church"?

To say that those who profess to be Muslims know more about their false religion than those who profess to be Christians know about real Christianity is not an endorsement of Islam.

Sadly, in my experience as a pastor who was first licensed to preach in 1965, I must say that the vast majority of people who have their names on the roll of something that uses the word "church" in its name know very little about the Bible.

We are up against something very demonic as we deal with the increasing power of the spirit of Islam, and the Church must educate those who name the name of Christ about it.

I would encourage people to listen to this three part message: [URL=http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11220417168]]]http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1122..[/URL]

While the national government was forbidden to have a religious establishment, the particular states were not, as understood historically. This "wall of separation between the Federal and state governments is expressed in the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Marriage is God's good gift. Sadly, not only did she miss out on this, Mother Teresa also appears never to have known the compensating Spiritual joy that is the inheritance of every child of God, even when called to deep sacrifice: "But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me" (Philippians 2:17, 18). Whenever I get down, and I certainly do get down, I take the time to praise the Lord. Worship and choosing to confess the goodness of God, regardless of my emotional low, always eventually brings me the joy of the Lord which is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10).

The Bible tells us that everyone has sufficient truth so that no one will have an excuse on the Day of Judgment (Romans 1:18-21). If a person had an opportunity to hear the gospel and declined it, his judgment will be more severe than that of somebody who had no such opportunity. But if someone has actually understood the gospel and refused to turn to Christ, his judgment will be the most severe of all.

The older I get, the more I am reminded that I need the blood of Jesus, not only for my sins, but for the sinful element in the things I attempt to do as an expression of my love for God, even when I do those things by the power of the Holy Spirit.