Doulogos: zounds, he doesn’t mince words! “But what of the person who finds themselves with no other alternative but to attend a church where they believe differently? I say, hogwash to that. No other alternative? Pffft. Look you lazy sloth, the Queen of Sheba crossed half the earth to listen to King Saul speak, [...]
William Dembski talks about taking his autistic son to one of Todd Bentley’s meetings in this Baptist Press article.
There is so much to say about this article, and some of them can be shared, and some can’t. First, it is a good thing to believe that miracles still happen, regardless of the stories that [...]
I have posted my sermons from the last two weeks at the GCBC website, if you care to listen to them (Psalm 122, Psalm 88). Sorry, the Psalm 122 one was a bit of a mess. My fault for trying something different.
Pastor Rob preached a very good sermon. It wasn’t groundbreaking, in the sense that he brought out any novel interpretation of Scripture; however, it did clearly declare the conditions in which those who are in Christ are to give. It was really good. They’re all good but this one really stood out. [...]
The “problem of evil” has a lot of problems of its own. It’s a favorite of atheists and other people who argue against the God of Christianity, and it generally runs something like “if God is all good, and all powerful, then why is there suffering (or evil; or, why do bad things happen [...]
I neglected to mention the protest about the cancellation of Issues, Etc. which happened at work on Monday.
I thank God and rejoice even for pain and hurt.
I don’t mean I rejoice in pain and hurt, because these might be great evils. But I mean that I rejoice within the midst of pain and hurt, because by his grace I know that God is in the midst with me like he was [...]
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.”
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 [...]
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.
“‘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.
The archives are back up (but going slowly; I bet a lot of people are downloading the whole archive, “just in case”).
This is a helpful list of non-Lutherans who were likewise dismayed at the cancellation of Issues Etc.
If you want to help the former host and producer (the latter’s wife has serious medical concerns and [...]
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