Sunday before last was Sanctity of Life Sunday and we had a young woman who works with the Women’s Care Center speak to the congregation. There was no way the congregation could have been prepared for the story she began to tell. She told about a young girl who was a friend of hers who [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Sanctity of Life Sunday – An Abortion Story
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brief Hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My family and I have been on a brief hiatus with our son, Landon, the past few days as he has been in the hospital, so I haven’t been able to post. Thanks be to God he is back home and doing well. God has been telling an amazing story of his mercy [...]
Hebrews 6, the corporate translation
Posted in Apostasy, Warning Passages on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to [...]
Quote from Internet Monk
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the wonderful things about God’s grace is that sometimes he uses our sin somehow to ultimately draw us to Himself. Here is a great quote from Imonk that stresses this point:“God is not harsh to reject us, but faithful to love us, through these seasons. He often lets our own persistence in [...]
More on McKnight’s Blog
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, I’ve read a lot more of McKnight’s Blog (Jesus Creed) and he has a lot of thought provoking material on there, especially about how he has moved from a Calvinist view of Scripture to, well, something he calls “Post-Calvinism” (read here). This was all thanks to a series of events, the most important being [...]
Great Explanation of warning passages in Heberews
Posted in Warning Passages on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve found a new blog by Scot Mcknight that I’ve really been enjoying. He has a really good exegesis of the warning passages in Hebrews. It’s broken down into four sections which really helps. They are:
ExhortationSinBelievers or Not?So What?
I’m not sure I agree totally with his “phenominological-true believer” category, and he doesn’t subscribe to the [...]
Sin comes with guilt
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unfortunately when we sin it often comes with a lot of guilt when we realize how bad we’ve messed up. This is especially true when there is sexual failure in a Christian’s life. Pastor Wilson has a great post here on repentance, forgiveness and how to deal with the guilt in light of Christ’s sacrifice.
A different look at John 3:16..
Posted in Uncategorized on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is how my family and I see John 3:16 now that we are Presbyterian!
For God so loved the world (covenant of redemption) that he gave his one and only Son (propitiatory covenant sacrifice), that whoever believes in Him (puts faith in covenant promises) will not perish (suffer covenant curses) but have eternal life (enjoy [...]
John Piper – What does it mean to get saved?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Piper video on what it means to get saved.
Redemptive Historical look at Hebrews 6
Posted in Apostasy, Warning Passages on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some of the passages in Hebrews are very hard to take in if not read in the right context and with the authors intentions and audience in mind. Here is a paper that looks at the warning passage in Hebrews 6:4-6 in its RH context, which is very helpful.
