Sinclair Ferguson again: “Vos says that the heart of legalism is when we separate the law of God from the person of God. And what we have got then are bare imperatives that don’t have an indicative that will sustain them.”
I’ve had three computer displays fail me (on three separate computers, in two locations) in the last three weeks. My main display at home died yesterday; my laptop screen quit working last week, and my backup monitor died a few weeks ago. This is frustrating. I may be reduced to Twittering my [...]
Melody here.
I asked the Lord that I might grow
In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might more of His salvation know,
And seek, more earnestly, His face.
’Twas He who taught me thus to pray,
And He, I trust, has answered prayer!
But it has been in such a way,
As almost drove me to despair.
I hoped that in some favored [...]
The following is an anonymous Civil War soldier’s poem which I recently heard in a sermon my pastor preached (unsure whether he was Union or Confederate but it doesn’t matter):
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve, I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might [...]
Like others, I’ve been following the story about the mistaken identities of the Van Ryn and Cerak daughters.
I’m sure many have already said this or similar things, but I want to add my small voice to the mighty throng. But I’m a bit scatter-brained so bear with me.
I’m so humbly impressed with how both [...]
Matt again, on corporate worship: “A beautiful performance is not the primary goal, but rather a time of unified congregational worship.” Read the whole thing (it’s short).
Sinclair Ferguson: For preachers it’s much easier to seek to bring about conviction of sin and expose sin than to magnify and glory in the Lord Jesus. (This is similar to something I said this week in my sermon.)
I am lifting this out of my shared links to point out an opportunity to think about worldview and apologetics.
The headline is “Man Finds God, And It’s Not ‘Doctor Who.’” I like SyFy Portal, but I admit that I don’t agree with the author of this piece, Michal Hinman, about much outside of science [...]
So, I’m throwing this out to the Lazyweb. Please speak up if you have something to share; I need feedback on this.
As you all know by now, I’m on a low-carb diet. And one of the greatest things about low-carb is that you can eat eggs. In fact, you are encouraged to [...]
Little known fact: Eskimo Zombies have hundreds of words for brains.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. But, dear reader, don’t you know? It’s a hard knock life for me. I mean, it’s just so doggone hard to lift a finger to type when you’re lying down on a folding beach chair, chillaxin’ and sipping martinis on a beautiful, sandy beach [...]
Matt quotes from one of my top-five all-time favorite hymns.
Having hit 199.5 pounds on the scale this morning for the first time in over five years, it is now time to reveal my secret. What is Diet #2 on the sidebar, and what is the exercise program?
First a little history. I have tried a few diets. My biggest problem is sustainability. [...]
A Monty Python Quiz
Score: 83% (10 out of 12)
I’m surprised I did so well, to be honest. I missed #3 and #12.
“‘Lord, we are worms….’ And he paused and he prayed, ‘Lord, make us glow worms.’” Ian Hamilton, speaking of the late (and idiosyncratic) William Still in a prayer meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland.
“Scotland Today” from Reformation21.
I preached the Resurrection Day sermon at GCBC. Notable comments were “hey, this fits on just one audio CD” and “I can’t believe you preached the whole chapter.”
As you can see from the sidebar Twitter, I’m about to go below 200 pounds, for the first time in at least five years. This isn’t [...]
Here is a look at one of my attempts to prepare a sermon for this weekend. This has been discarded, by the way.
Click on the picture to get the whole diagram; the above is just the detail around the “Christ” box.
Someday, if I can find some software that will generate a relationship diagram like [...]
New poll about the Sabbath in the sidebar. You can check up to 4 options if none of them actually fit what you believe.
Check out this TeamPyro bit by Dan Phillips. I agree with Dan, for what it’s worth. Read it.
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