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Monthly Archives: July 2009
hard questions
in our american evangelical church today how much do we really believe in community? you recall the recent denouncing of the “heresy of individualism” by the Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal church’s presiding bishop. a lot of the commentary … Continue reading
phridai photos
down Lady Bird Lake sunset there is just something about film and B&W that makes me like this picture of the dizzy bat race
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Tagged 28mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, austin, austin texas, baseball, d300, F4e, minor league baseball, night photos, nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, nikon F4e, photography, round rock express, sunset, texas
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Paul Ryan in action
I watched an eight minute version of this video last night. here is an almost six minute version that Mary Katherine Ham posted. I agree with Mary Katherine that Paul Ryan and Katrina van den Heuvel need to take their … Continue reading
love takes time
Jesse Phillips is bringing up a good quote from Jon Tyson. “We simply cannot love one another as Jesus commanded if our lives only overlap in 15-minute segments before and after programmed Christian events. And we cannot reach out to … Continue reading
are you or am I emergent?
Challies quotesKevin DeYoung’s test of whether we are emergent or not. Kevin says that “if all or most” of these apply to you then you are emergent. So let’s use 75% as a threshhold. Look at my answers below and … Continue reading
law/gospel
iMonk goes on a rant about law preaching versus gospel preaching that is both entertaining and informative. take a look. In other words, it’s an unmitigated disaster unless the Gospel is heard louder, longer and much clearer than anything else. … Continue reading
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Tagged fake good news, good news, gospel preaching, iMonk, law preaching, real good news, the gospel, vitamin z
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WOW!!
everybody has probably seen this already, but WOW! Texting while driving increases the risk of an accident or near accident by 23 TIMES. After studying the behavior of real truck drivers covering more than 6 million miles of road, the Virginia … Continue reading
New Piper book, free pdf
zach points out that the new John Piper book with missionary stories is available free for download. DG Blog: John Piper’s new book Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ is now available for download. Get it for free. Read an interview by … Continue reading
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Tagged desiring god, filling up the afflictions of Christ, free book, John Piper, vitamin z, zach nielson
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the market works
this story shows that the market works. until the incentives change the piracy problem off of Somalia will continue and will likely get worse. here is the introduction. The rough fishermen of the so-called Somali coast guard are unrepentant criminals, … Continue reading
six scriptural reasons why babies go to heaven
Dr. Mohler and Dr. Daniel Akin have reposted their article showing from scripture why they believe that infants go to heaven when they die. they lay out six reasons for this belief. here is number six and an overall point … Continue reading
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Tagged age of accountability, charles spurgeon, Dr. Al Mohler, Dr. Danny Akin, infant salvation
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narcissism?
Carl Trueman points to this slashing article regarding the twitter and facebook impulse? truth or over the top? from page two of the article comes this bit: Well, indeed. For Twitter to be patronised by young people, it would need … Continue reading
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who do you trust? part III
all right, now let’s go back where we started. In John 10:10, Jesus contrasts himself and his mission with the thief. The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus came to bring abundant life. and here are we sheep … Continue reading
phridai photoes
went out last Saturday evening to take some pictures of the power plant on first street. as long as I was down there, I walked around and took some more pictures. here is the Lamar Street bridge and here is … Continue reading
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Tagged 28mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, austin, austin texas, d300, nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, photography, saturday evening, texas
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who do you trust? part II
earlier we talked about God’s thoughts on divorce and what Jesus had to say. Jesus proves his bona fides to us in his instructions because he is the good shepherd who laid down his life for us. We thus are … Continue reading
Posted in family, teaching
Tagged divorce, faithfulness, marriage, proverbs, solomon
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who do you trust?
Jesus said in John 10:10 that the thief came only to steal kill and destroy. By contrast, his purpose was to bring life and that life “abundantly.” Jesus goes on in John 10 to assure us that he is a … Continue reading
more on Justification
I have mentioned the topic of the Justification debate between John Piper and N.T. Wright before. I also linked once to John Piper being interviewed on the topic. Anyone who wants to know the Biblical basis for them to be … Continue reading
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Tagged doctrine, John Piper, justification, Kevin DeYoung, N.T. Wright, soteriology, theology
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but I'm a good person
this one stung. more than a little bit. I spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on my kids sports and extra curricular activities each year while children in poverty in my community and around the world are ignored by people … Continue reading
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Tagged a fool's defense, alan hitt, rationalization, todd hiestand
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God's will for our lives
Julie Neidlinger nails it again in talking about people searching for God’s will for their lives. A marked memory I had of my one year in Bible college was that of people frantically trying to find the will of God. … Continue reading
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SBC in the last thirty years
Nathan Finn is doing a series of 3 posts on 15 things that have changed in the SBC since 1979. the first five are here. interesting stuff. looking forward to seeing the next ten. here is number 5 5. Changing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, 30 years, between the times, nathan finn, SBC, southern baptists
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perspective
I have found that in taking pictures, perspective is key. getting low or getting high puts just a little different spin on reality. Joe McNally agrees. This guy once said, get your camera in a different place. I tell ya, … Continue reading
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Tagged angles, joe mcnally, pennybacker bridge overlook, perspective, photography, stephen zeller
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Mark Steyn with a cheerful perspective
Mark Steyn is always full of good cheer about the demographic future of western nations. Here is a particularly peppy bit. The transformation of developed societies – either into old folks’ homes (like Japan) or semi-Islamized dystopias (like Amsterdam, Brussels, … Continue reading
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Tagged aging societies, birth rate, demographics, demography, mark steyn, replacement rate
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two good ones from Focus on the Family
I received an email from Focus on the Family that mentioned a couple of good articles. Just in case the rest of the world isn’t already on Focus’ email list, here they are. a good one on teen rebellion In … Continue reading
Posted in family
Tagged communication in marriage, focus on the family, Rehoboam, solomon, teen rebellion
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friday fotoes
a pelican swooping over the water last Tuesday morning more macro flowers and a monochromatic sunstar from the old film camera
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Tagged 105mm, 50mm, 50mm f1.4 AFD, d300, F4e, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, nikon F4e, photography
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Pedantic Pet Peeve 2
here is another thing that Julie and I have noticed to be on the increase. sale is a noun. Sell is a verb. for instance, I need to sell my trailer. (incidentally, it is a Big Tex 50LA. 16 feet, … Continue reading
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