Are you ready for some fast hitting thoughts? These all come out of 1 John 3. The children of the devil do not love. v.10 The message from the beginning has all been about loving one another. v.11 Those who have passed from death to life, love. v.14 Those who abide in death do not [...]
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A Link: The United States’ first heavy equipment play arena…ever. Dig This. Fairly reasonable prices for what you get to do. An Update: I posted here about an unusual blessing our church gave us. Since we’ve never been to Disney World – we’re asking for some help and advice. We’ll be spending a week in [...]
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Jay Adams, a leader in nouthetic counseling comments on turning 80 and also gives some advice to those “less-experienced”: Eighty years old! I truly never thought I’d live this long. It makes me wonder what the Lord has in mind for me to do during the last few years that I have left. Surely, without [...]
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Recently I was posting about my thoughts on chapter two of Suffering & the Sovereignty of God, where Mark R. Talbot was discussing God’s relationship to evil as it was described in Scripture. We saw that God is completely and totally sovereign in all matters, even in the permission of evil in this world, and [...]
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From A Boomer in the Pew: That’s right! One of you, my loyal “Boomer in the Pew” readers, is going to win this beautiful premium calfskin leather version of the new ESV Study Bible! This Bible retails for $239.99, and is available free to one of my “Boomer in the Pew” readers, courtesy of my [...]
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On February 24, 2008, an icon of the early contemporary Christian music era passed away of heart failure. Called, by some, as “the father of Christian rock music”, Larry Norman never quite fit the mold that others laid out for him. He mixed religious, political and social views effortlessly into his work. He denied any [...]
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Today I begin posting my notes from the second chapter in the book entitled, “Suffering and the Sovereignty of God”, edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor. Chapter two is entitled, “All the Good that is Ours in Christ: Seeing God’s Gracious Hand in the Hurt Others do to Us.” (they have some killer titles [...]
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A break from the usual for a personal post. Grace was overwhelming evident today in our morning worship hour. Our congregation surprised my family with an all-expense paid vacation to Florida during the week of Spring Break! This is quite a feat seeing there is 7 of us total. We will be staying in the [...]
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A Link: Unashamed Workman has a great video clip under his latest post entitled, “A Little Friday Fun“. It features Alistair Begg answering some “difficult” questions. Also seen are James MacDonald – it all took place backstage at the Preach the Word conference. An Update: Last week I was at Faith Baptist‘s Biblical Counseling Training [...]
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