Reformers Unanimous, a Bible based addiction help program gets a nice write-up in the Peoria Journal-Star: “Thank God It’s Friday“.
Archives for September 2008
by on 9.13.08
the world’s biggest Bible producer
by on 9.10.08
is the bloom off the rose?
In the fundamentalist blogging world, enthusiasm for the medium appears to be flagging. I follow over a dozen fundamentalist blogs. Most of them are being very sporadically updated these days.
We’ll give our friend Greg, an excuse, but he’s the only one we’ll let off the hook. Chris A. also posts regularly, as do the fellows at TheoSource and Brian at Exegesis and Theology. And the intrepid Scott Aniol. But where is Jon & Champ, Frank, even PaleoBen, with whom I am wont to tangle? Even the vaunted SI, the 800 lb gorilla of the fundamentalist blogosphere seems to be falling off in the volume of its discussion. When most [hyperbole!!] of the current conversations are in-house between the admins and moderators, it does seem that the former furious interest has waned.
One can think of several reasons why this might be so.
by on 9.8.08
now, this is legalism…
I get kind of tired of the charge of legalism often laid at the feet of fundamentalists. Then I read stories that give me some relief. Today’s National Post gives me one today. (Unfortunately, no longer available online to the general public… not sure why.)
Here’s the headline:
Kosher gadgets grab the spotlight
When it comes to legalism, leave it to the Pharisees.
by on 9.8.08
the death of systematic…
… biology!
A blog entry at The Scientist magazine bemoans the decline and literal ‘dying off’ of expertise in the area of systematic and taxonomic biology. While I am not too worried about the future of human civilization if this concern is true, the article may give us some thoughts concerning the value of systematic theology.
I think it is well known that I consider biblical theology to be superior to systematic, but systematic theology does have some value.
by on 9.7.08
9.7.08 gbcvic sermons
The Impartial Judgement of God (Rm 2.9-11)
Our message today was devoted to one central theme, the impartial judgement of God. Our Lord is no respecter of persons. There is no hoping in any privilege of one’s circumstances, even if it include such privileges as being one of the chosen people of God.
The Slough of Despond
We are beginning our study through John Bunyan’s classic. Our first session covered Bunyan’s Apology for this book and Christian’s meeting with Evangelist and falling into the Slough of Despond on his way to the Wicket Gate.
Mine Eyes have seen the Glory (Lev 9) – Communion
Our communion message this afternoon comes from Leviticus 9, the chapter where Aaron takes on his duties after the ordination of chapter 8. After all the sacrifices were offered, the glory of the Lord appears, consuming the sacrifices on the altar. Though the Lord does not visibly appear at every worship service in the OT and in none in the church age (since the tongues of fire), still we should look for a real communion with our God every time we worship.
by on 9.6.08
what may the lost know
In a recent discussion, 1 Cor 2.14 was thrown up to me as a proof-text of the doctrine of inability such that:
The natural man can’t benefit from the preached Word apart from the intervening ministry of the Spirit. So we’re back to the inability of the lost to respond to God apart from divine initiative.
The challenge led me to consider what it is that the lost person may know. In thinking about this, I found a sermon by Jonathan Edwards on the passage in question. His comments are quite interesting. [Note: the document is in bad need of editing, the Yale Edwards center has scanned it, put it up for use in its present form, but it has many deficiencies. Enough can be read to get the sense.]
He begins by saying that the lost may know doctrine better than Christians do, and may be able to “out argue” them on theology, and may know the Scriptural teachings concerning sin well enough that their conscience is informed and they are ‘moral’ men (my term).
by on 9.4.08
Why We Fight
A Canadian soldier was among three killed in Afghanistan yesterday. The Canadian Press ran this story a few hours ago.
“Why We Fight,” was written in Afghanistan in 2006 by Cpl. Andrew Grenon of Windsor, Ont., one of three Canadian soldiers who died Wednesday in an ambush in the volatile Zhari district. It was released Thursday by members of Grenon’s family. [Read more…]
by on 9.2.08
the other side scares me
I offered earlier a somewhat underwhelmed view of the Republican ticket. But what of the other side?
The other side scares me:
When I read the Bible, I do so with the belief that it is not a static (stable) text but the Living Word and that I must be continually open to new revelations.(Barack Obama, Audacity of Hope, p. 224)
There’s more, read about it at Lighthouse Trails.
by on 9.2.08
it’s a good question
A letter writer to my newspaper, The National Post, asks this question about the Republican vice-presidential nominee:
Re: The Culture Wars Continue, Father Raymond J. de Souza, Aug. 30. Father Raymond J. de Souza’s subtle endorsement of Sarah Palin is interesting. How can a woman be second in charge of the most influential country on Earth and not able to be ordained in his Church?
Just asking. Eric Madden, Collingwood, Ont.
Raymond de Souza is a Roman Catholic priest who has a regular column in the Post. A column I rarely look at and almost never finish, by the way.
But the letter writer asks a good question, one for which Independent Baptists and other fundamentalist Christians should have a good, biblical answer.
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