The Chapel where we met for our General Sessions. David Platt speaks in our final General Session from the book of Ruth. Amazing speaker!! Mark Kelly (gracedependent) and Dr. Russell Moore – very gracious man & powerful preacher Andrew Peterson leading in worship at the Adopting for Life Conference I fully intend to upload my … Continue reading »
Posted in February 2010 …
Adopting for Life conference – SBTS – Louisville (2.26-2.27)
Today my wife and I will be attending the Adopting for Life conference held at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. At the end of 2009 I began to feel a real concern for adoption. I kept my feelings to myself…after all we are a blessed family with five children. At the beginning of … Continue reading »
Change Your Wife by Faith: Spend Time with Her
This is a short series of posts commenting on the booklet: Change Your Wife by Faith written by James MacDonald of Harvest Bible Chapel & Walk in the Word ministries. It is an examination of 1 Peter 3:7, written to husbands: Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as … Continue reading »
How to Change Your Wife by Faith – James MacDonald
On the week of February 7-12, 2010 I attended the Biblical Counseling Training Conference at Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette, IN. While there I was browsing the displays and picked up several copies of a two-faced (…will explain that later) booklet entitled, “How to Change Your Wife by Faith“. What I mean by two-faced is … Continue reading »
Come aside & rest a while
Took a quick walk with my bride, Angie, tonight. I say quick because it was snowing and cold. We walked exactly a mile and in that distance, I found an old couch just begging for a weary traveler to rest a bit. I obliged. I did not linger due to the snow melting ‘neath me, … Continue reading »
The Bible and the Pain of Infertility – CCEF
I read this article in the Journal of Biblical Counseling, Winter 2005 (Volume 23:1). I was impressed with it then, and wholeheartedly recommend you take the time to read it now. Have you had your appendix removed? Did you go through counseling to work through your issues about losing that body part? Have you counseled … Continue reading »
3.04 miles an hour
Tonight I averaged 3.04 mph on my evening walk. I walked a total of 3.8 miles in just under 1 hour and 15 minutes. Here’s my route tonight: I was hoping for some picture opportunities – but really didn’t find any. I need to develop a photog’s eye I guess. Here are the pics from … Continue reading »
Thoughts on A New Kind of Christianity
Brian McLaren, is a recognized leader in the ‘emergent’ church movement. A book entitled, A New Kind of Christianity, which he has written, has made quite the splash in the evangelical blogosphere. Here is the Publisher’s description: A New Kind of Christian’s conversation between a pastor and his daughter’s high school science teacher reveals that … Continue reading »
The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment – Tim Challies (Crossway: trackback thursdays)
Mature Christians have learned to differentiate between what is pleasing to God and what is not, between what is consistent with Scripture and what is not. The Bible places great emphasis on spiritual maturity because, like children, immature believers are prone to sample anything. They are attracted to what looks good to their untrained eyes. … Continue reading »
Thoughts on Growing Older
Today is my birthday. I’m 42 years old. I’ve started to grow comfortable to the whole “over 40″ thing; and seeing how I can’t do anything about it, I might as well enjoy it! I was gently rebuked by some members of my Young Married Sunday School class to be excited that God had given … Continue reading »
