Unless you’ve been under the proverbial rock, you’ve heard that Michael Vick was awarded a very nice contract with the Philadelphia Eagles for his work in the NFL. I think the story of Michael Vick is one that shouts “Grace!!!” from beginning to end. Here’s why: A Self-Made History: Vick played college ball for Virginia … Continue reading »
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Blast from the Past: 1986
Yesterday we took our son to Indiana University to begin his collegiate career. I couldn’t help but think back to when I enrolled in college. Music was a large part of my life, and so I looked up the top 10 songs of 1986. The ones that have links were some of my favorites. The … Continue reading »
Christians Get Depressed Too – an intimate look, pt.4
This is part 4 of an ongoing look at David Murray’s book on depression. This valuable resource is entitled, Christians Get Depressed Too. In the first chapter, titled “The Crisis”, Murray gives eight important reasons why we should be investigating the complex issue of Depression. Today we will look at two more of the reasons … Continue reading »
Help for Spouses of Chronic Pain Sufferers: How to Empathetically Love
In my Tweetdeck I have a column that pulls up every tweet that uses the hashtag: #ChronicPain. I saw a tweet that caught my eye and led me to the blog: A New Kind of Normal. Today they had a guest blogger and the title of the post is When Loved Ones Hurt. In the … Continue reading »
Happy Mother’s Day: Can You Love Someone Who Doesn’t Look Like You?
DENNAE PIERRE asks a great question in her blog post over at Together for Adoption: One of the big adoption questions I get asked is, “Can you love a kid that you adopt as much as you love your biological children?” When someone raises a concern about adoption, I like to show how those questions … Continue reading »
The Beauty of Old Love – author unknown
The Beauty of Old Love Is there anything more beautiful in life than a boy and a girl clasping clean hands and pure hearts in the path of marriage? Can there be anything more beautiful than young love? Yes, there is a more beautiful thing. The sight of an old man and an old woman … Continue reading »
The Reformed Pastor, part IV – Richard Baxter
The project started by Garry (the Hippopotamus) and I to blog through Richard Baxter‘s the Reformed Pastor has stretched out longer than anticipated, and perhaps desired. I have been largely to blame for this, as my blogging took a brief hiatus over the past month. However, we are now back on track and determined to … Continue reading »
Loving the Church: God’s People Flourishing in God’s Family by John Crotts (review)
Recommended; 135pp, softcover From the comfort of the coffee shop comes incredible truths and application regarding the church. John Crotts writes Loving the Church from the viewpoint of five different individuals, all who met in a coffee shop, in various stages of life and ministry as believers. All had, initially, various views of the necessity … Continue reading »
Another Scandalous Quote – Carson
you may read my first quote from D.A. Carson‘s Scandalous, here. Those who exercise any authority at any level in the kingdom in which Jesus is king must serve the same way – not with implicit demands of self-promotion, confidence in their right to rule, or a desire to sit at Jesus’ right hand or … Continue reading »
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 … Continue reading »
