By: Thomas F. Booher "Cretans" might as well be "Martians" to us today. So the Apostle Paul's words below do not make us queasy: “'Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.'” This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith." But replace Cretans with any country or race, especially one in your own nation, and perhaps other than applying it to whites, you will immediately begin to object. "Hispanics are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." "Blacks are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." "Indians are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." "Whites are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." My point is not to say that these statements apply to any or all of these particular races in a one-to-one (though I have no problem saying it applies far more to some than others, and today in our wicked age is a generalization we all could wear to on...
Thoughts on the Reformed faith, preparation for ministry, and doing all to the glory of God.