Ligonier Ministries is joining in the celebration of John Calvin’s 500th birthday (July 10) by offering special deals all week. Read the rest of this entry »
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• 6:00 am 0
Blog readers: Put on some trousers!
Carl Trueman nails it. For all the folks who “can’t stand the heat,” don’t get out of the kitchen. Man up and “get yourself some trousers.”
Expressions of hurt are too often really something else: cowardly attempts by representatives of a cosseted and self-obsessed culture to make themselves uniquely important or, worse still, Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Postmodernism
July 8, 2009 • 11:20 am 4
Pastors: Bible or Movies?
From John Piper:
“Prick Bunyan anywhere and he will bleed Bible.” Let it not be said of the king’s heralds: Prick him and he bleeds movies.
Could it be that the reason so many of our Reformed churches are so weak is that the preachers talk more about movies than preach God’s word?
Filed under: Preaching, Preaching & Preachers
• 9:43 am 0
Christian event? No Air Force flyover!
Welcome to ObamaNation.
From Fox News:
An Idaho community had secured an Air Force flyover for its local festival every year for more than 40 years, organizers say, but this year, the Air Force turned the request down over the festival’s religious focus. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Obama
• 9:43 am 0
Emerg*** Confusion Demystified!
Eureka! For those who are struggling to figure out where the Church “went wrong”…and needs to be re-crafted, re-defined, and re-Confessed, Phil Johnson has cleared the air!
Check this out!
Filed under: Bad Theology, Emerg***, Feminism, Global Alarming, Idiotic, Naive Christians, Postmodernism, Social Gospel, by Randy, evanjellicals
July 7, 2009 • 8:53 am 0
Reformation Study Bible-Leather, any donation amount
TODAY ONLY, Ligonier is offering a black leather Reformation Study Bible for a donation of any amount. This is a call-in offer only and is not available online. To take advantage of this special one-day offer, call 800-435-4343 today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST. (No substitutions. Color maps not included.)
Filed under: John Calvin, Reformation
• 6:00 am 2
Blue Like Jazz’s Donald Miller
This GREAT post by Rattlesnake slipped by me back in June. He has another installment coming soon, so why not catch up on the first post: The Arrival of the Evangelical Left: Poster Boys and Liberal Theologians. Here’s a taste:
Blue Like Jazz is The Shack lite. Well, maybe not quite that bad, but it is truly a pitiful apologetic for the Christian faith. What rubs salt in the wound is the fact that Campus Crusade for Christ spent a ton of money placing copies of BLJ in the packets for incoming freshmen on college campuses. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Bad Theology, Deaconesses?, Democratic Voters, Democrats, Emerg***, Emergent, Emerging, Emerging Church, Feminism, Global Alarming, Liberalism, Naive Christians, Obama, PCA, Postmodernism, Relativism, Social Gospel, evanjellicals
July 6, 2009 • 10:19 am 3
The Belhar Confession: Quite Inadequate
Even a cursory reading of the Belhar Confession reveals its inadequacy. Richard Mouw gives a reason: Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Confessions
• 6:51 am 0
Ligonier: Get Tabletalk for a donation of any amount
One day only, in celebration of the 500th birthday of John Calvin:
At Ligonier Ministries, we’re having a week-long celebration of John Calvin’s 500th birthday (July 10) by having special one-day offers all week long.Today only for a donation of any amount, you can receive a one-year Tabletalk subscription for yourself or someone else as a gift. This is a call-in offer only and is not available online. Available for US addresses only. To take advantage of this special one-day offer, call 800-435-4343 today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST.
Filed under: John Calvin
July 5, 2009 • 7:43 am 0
Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day #27…Baptism
(By Les)
27. Lord’s Day
Q. 72. Is then the external baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?
A. Not at all: [a] for the blood of Jesus Christ only, and the Holy Ghost cleanse us from all sin. [b] Read the rest of this entry »
July 4, 2009 • 9:47 am 1
John Newton on Political Reformation and Patriotism
On this day when we celebrate our national independence, I sadly reflect on several issues…(1) the blatant disregard, even outright and arrogant affrontery toward God’s Law which is so manifest in the current Administration, (2) the egregious sins of our Country as millions of unborn children are slaughtered, with the accommodation and even encouragement of our President, (3) the widespread intoxication of our populace with what Francis Schaeffer so prophetically called our love affair with “personal peace and affluence” and ultimately (4) the “independence” which so many in our Country have declared from the Sovereign of the universe, our most holy and righteous King.
Yet, I am reminded of some very poignant words by John Newton on the matter of “political reformation and Patriotism”… Read the rest of this entry »
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July 3, 2009 • 7:58 am 2
Samuel Adams, American Patriot
As you enjoy and celebrate your independence this Independence Day, ponder a few quotes from Samuel Adams. Then if you are of legal age and so inclined, enjoy a cold Samuel Adams and thank God for our liberty. Read the rest of this entry »
July 2, 2009 • 5:23 pm 0
Environmentalism, the Christian way
I get a weekly bulletin from the WeGetIt campaign. It is well worth your read, to help us all develop a Christian and therefore responsible approach to the insane environmentalist wackos out there, and in the US Congress. Keep reading… Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Economics, Environment, Environmental Wackos, Police State, Politics
July 1, 2009 • 4:37 pm 6
Clapping in worship
Quote of the day on clapping in worship: Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Worship
• 7:55 am 4
Home again, home again, jiggity-jog
What changes the last 24 hours have seen. This time yesterday we were flying over the Mediterranean Sea or perhaps just over the south of France. Now I am sitting in Tennessee. We struggled to stay up til 8:00 p.m. last night–but when the kids went to bed so did we. After all, for us it was 4:00 a.m. and we’d been up since 7:00 a.m. the previous day (that was what my watch said when I woke after sleeping on the plane). Read the rest of this entry »
June 30, 2009 • 4:44 pm 0
Minnesota: Land of 10000 Jokes!
Meet the newest Senator from Minnesota: Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Politics, Unbelievable
June 29, 2009 • 3:05 pm 0
Honduras defends its democracy
The real story. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: National Security, Obama
• 3:01 pm 0
With Prez Obama, all is well in the world
Filed under: Naive Christians, National Security, Obama
June 28, 2009 • 11:45 pm 2
Our last day in Jerusalem
It’s hard to believe this is our last morning in Jerusalem. The last few days have been unseasonably cool (thanks to Beth Cumberland’s prayers, I’m convinced); I even had to borrow a jacket from Neal on Sunday night. God’s blessing us with something as small as a cool breeze is so humbling. Read the rest of this entry »
June 27, 2009 • 8:44 am 2
A cool, breezy Shabbat walk
It is Saturday afternoon, and only 3 or so hours remain to this Shabbat. Lisa and I are heading out for what will be our last leisurely stroll of Jerusalem (Neal has a busy day for us tomorrow) and the weather could hardly be more perfect. Although I mean no disrespect to his memory or family, it has been wonderful to be away from the constant media barrage concerning Michael Jackson. It is is in the news here, as we have seen Israeli papers with his picture, but we have had the blessing of the perspective of distance, internet notwithstanding.
Neal says I will really begin to enjoy this trip when I get home. I think he is right.
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