This website is hosted by Robert Wurtz II. This blog is intended to be a means of putting into writing some of my musings about New Testament Christianity in a post modern culture. We are instructed in scripture to, "Gird up the loins of our minds."
No Conscious SinRobert Wurtz IIPress play for audio readinghttps://archive.org/embed/NoConsciousSin I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. (Acts 24:15–16 NKJV)Our passage is... Continue Reading →
Healed of BackslidingRobert Wurtz IIPress play for audio readinghttps://archive.org/embed/HealedOfBacksliding Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness, by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1... Continue Reading →
The Wisdom of the PreceptRobert Wurtz IIPress play to listen to audio reading.They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. (Proverbs 1:30–31 KJV)Proverbs chapter 1 is sort of the preface to this great book of... Continue Reading →
The Great MysteryRobert Wurtz IIHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but... Continue Reading →
Remission Revoked (Revisited)Robert Wurtz IIPress play for audio readinghttps://archive.org/embed/RemissionRevokedRevisited Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his... Continue Reading →
Perfunctory Preparation and PerformanceOriginally Published in October, 2011. Robert Wurtz IIPress play for audio readinghttps://archive.org/embed/PerfunctoryPreparationAndPerformanceJohn 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.John 21:16... Continue Reading →
Softly LeadingRobert Wurtz IIBut Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die." (Genesis 33:13 NKJV)Genesis is a book about beginnings. Many of the subjects that... Continue Reading →
The House of EliWhen God DepartedRobert Wurtz IIAnd when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it... Continue Reading →
The Truth About "Judge Not"Robert Wurtz IIJudge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. (Luke 6:37 KJV)The Lucan “Sermon on the Plain” is named such because of the reference to the “level place” in Luke 6:17. This section parallels Matthew’s better known,... Continue Reading →
Skandalon Revisited Robert Wurtz II He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does... Continue Reading →