Mark Horne

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Mark Horne has served as a pastor and worked as a writer. He is the author of The Victory According To Mark: An Exposition of the Second Gospel, Why Baptize Babies?,J. R. R. Tolkien, and Solomon Says: Directives for Young Men. He is the Executive Director of Logo Sapiens Communications and the writer for SolomonSays.net.

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Mar 16, 2022
Stop resenting corporations for not being your slaves
Corporations do evil things all the time, but they are not guilty for operating by the profit motive.
Dec 27, 2021
Solomon versus Build Back Better
If people don’t believe that God exists and that He keeps his promises, then they will be forced to rely on gargantuan contrivances like “build back better” no matter their obvious failures and contradictions.
Dec 6, 2021
Want to defeat evil? Put down the swords and pick up the tools
The Bible universally advocates a culture of work and production over a culture of violence.
Nov 17, 2021
Solomon on how to deal with oppressive elites
Your responsibility is learning to do well with what little power you already have.
Oct 29, 2021
Paul shows that wisdom, not outrage, is the smart response to persecution
Speaking the truth is important, but when people are not listening, we need to re-evaluate out strategy and tactics.
Oct 13, 2021
Christians, anger will not accomplish our political goals
Proverbs teaches that anger is addictive and irrational. It may be appropriate at times, but those times are never as common as we like to think (especially when we are angry).
Aug 27, 2021
Afghanistan catastrophe came from ignoring the wisdom of Solomon about war
This is how arrogance and wrong decisions breed incompetence.
Aug 20, 2021
Are Christians allowed to desire wealth?
What can you hope to achieve in life? What can you expect to get if you do the right thing? And what should you expect? In light of what I’ve written earlier on “daily bread” in the Bible, it might help us deal with economic hard times if we considered some more of what Scripture says about the desire for wealth.
Aug 9, 2021
Should Christians only work and pray for "daily bread"?
Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11) or “Give us each day our daily bread” (Luke 11:3). This raises questions, like: Does God want us to perpetually live hand to mouth? Are we to simply wait for Him to give us our sustenance?
Jul 19, 2021
Solomon on 'micro-aggression' and cancel culture
Before “microaggressions,” people knew about inappropriate and/or insensitive and/or insulting comments. Those comments were frowned upon. They still are. But why the new term, “microaggressions”? What purpose does it serve? There doesn’t seem to be any need for the new term except to justify reprisals. After all, if these micro-comments are real acts of aggression then they deserve a response against the perpetrators.