What Can I Do in Fifty Days?

This is the back brace I’ve been wearing since October 25, 2011. Day in and day out finds me suiting up to strengthen and protect my back. As a result of spinal fusion surgery, I need all the support I can get. However, this brace is a real pain in the back! Often when I [...]

When the Drugs Actually Work… (Learning to Be Still)

I came across the blog, Learning to Be Still, while doing some reading on Depression. I subscribed to the blog via email and received this post a couple of days ago. I reproduced it in it’s entirety, but I would encourage you to go to the blog and catch a flavor of the author’s posts. [...]

R.I.P. John Stott

Vacation Posts: Verses to Ponder

I am taking a vacation with the kids during this time of their Spring Break from school. As such, I won’t be posting my usual thoughts. I’ve scheduled several blog posts with favorite passages of Scripture that have meant a lot to me in the past. I hope you find some of these encouraging: Sympathetic [...]

Great Music for 2011 & beyond: Indelible Grace Music

I have really enjoyed my introduction to Indelible Grace Music through Friends of the Blog (Challies).  Today I have been listening to my album on iTunes.  I then went over to the igracemusic website and am currently listening through all their albums online.  If you are looking for relevant, theologically correct enjoyable music, Indelible Grace [...]

“Scripture Glasses” ~ John Calvin

“…[God] added the light of his word in order that he might make himself known unto salvation…” For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is something written are scarcely able to make out two consecutive words, but, when [...]

A Real Man Loves Jesus Above All Else – Dr.Charles Ware, Real Man 2010 conf

Friday evening, September 24 and Saturday, September 25 found me and 7 others from Calvary Baptist attending the Real Man 2010 conference hosted at Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette, IN.  Dr. Charles Ware, president of Crossroads Bible College was one of the plenary speakers.  He spoke first Friday night on the topic: A Real Man [...]

The Hole in our Gospel – ChristianAudio’s free download for May

By using the code MAY2010, you can download freely the audio book entitled, The Hole in our Gospel written by Richard Stearns.  Below is an excerpt from ChristianAudio’s site commenting on the book: This is a story of how a corporate CEO faced his own struggle to obey God whatever the cost, and his passionate [...]

Blessings from T4G2010: Mark Dever – The Church is the Gospel Made Visible

My (very rough) notes from this first session with Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church: Text: Ephesians 3:10-11 Q. How does your church make the Gospel visible? Q. How many of our churches are good in proclaiming the Gospel? Q. Are we working against the Gospel in our churches? An unhealthy church [...]

Blessings from the Together for the Gospel conference – Louisville, KY

I have been home from the T4G conference for about two hours now.  I wanted to post some of the blessings from the conference – something that very well may take several posts as I process all the information we took in. Firstly I would like to say that David Platt was by far the [...]

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