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Tackling Tradition 70: The Weaker Vessel

What does 1 Peter 3 mean by calling women the weaker vessel?  Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,  2  when they see your respectful and pure conduct.  3  Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—  4  but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 5  For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,  6  as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.  7  Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs wi...
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Tackling Tradition 69: Doubting Thomas

24  Now Thomas (also known as Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.  25  So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 24  Now Thomas (also known as Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.  25  So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26  A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27  Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28 ...
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Tackling Tradition: Why Doesn’t God Save Everyone?

The question is better phrased, “Why does God save everyone before they cross over?”   The simplest straightforward answer is probably that God is writing the greatest story ever told & we are all characters in it.   We are created to have forever life, & the creation & humanity are all in our infancy compared to where we will be centuries upon centuries from now.   In order for that story to unfold correctly the way the LORD wants it to, certain things must happen in a particular order.   Each and every event has been meticulously timed.  Therefore, some of us are saved prior to crossing over & others after. Acts 24 clearly states that there is a resurrection of the Just and the Unjust.   Acts 24:14–15 (ESV): …I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, 15 having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust....
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