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Rick Santelli goes off
Everybody has probably seen this already, but let me tell you, this was some good T.V. right here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Hat tip to KLo and Reformissionary.
foto friday
february is a bit too early for baseball and the weather was not very cooperative for pictures the other night. I decided to use the fog and try for artsy instead. the scene in B&W coming up to the plate … Continue reading
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Tagged 28mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, baseball, d300, february, fog, nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, photography, weather
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John 10
I have been spending some time in the Gospel of John lately. It is amazing how reading familiar words can have a new impact on you when you are reading them again. Just look for a minute at some phrases … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, God's grace, grace, jesus the great shepherd, Jeus, John 10, life, love, providence, sacrifice, sheep, shepherd
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high praise for Finally Alive
John Piper’s new book, Finally Alive is earning high praise by reviewers. Tim Challies says at the beginning of his review: As I read the final page of Finally Alive I realized that I had found a new favorite book … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian warnock, books, finally alive, John Piper, reviews, tim challies
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Training
I have signed up for Governor Perry’s fit Texas challenge and I am preparing to participate in the Texas Round Up (5K or 10K that is the burning question). My signing up for this after 20 or so years of … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, fit texan competition, physical activity, Rick Perry, rogue running, texas roundup, training
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Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong
Here are two blurbs from the new book Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong the first one deals with the emptiness of chasing the “American dream”: Until sinners submit to the truth about God, they will never acquire what … Continue reading
legislating morality
Kevin DeYoung has a post up on his blog about why he believes it is not only permissible but necessary to legislate morality in the case of abortion. First he makes the point that I was making to Jesurgislac in … Continue reading
missing the moment
The third of the reactions posted by Timmy Brister that I found particularly interesting is a longer read that gets to the heart of why I think this fight matters and why it is even occurring. An article at Baptist … Continue reading
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Tagged baptist twenty one, generational warfare, mark driscoll, relevance, unnecessary fussing
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friends ride in
Timmy Brister has posted a round up of reactions to the Baptist Press article on Mark Driscoll. I found three of them to be particularly interesting. First, Ed Stetzer writes that Friday is for Friends and he says, in part: … Continue reading
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Tagged baptist press, charity, ed stetzer, friends, friendship, grace, jd greear, love, mark driscoll, repentance
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more fighting
I think that the leadership of the SBC is really misunderstanding the moment we are in historically, culturally, theologically. Here is the Baptist Press article about Mark Driscoll. Here is a response from Southeastern Seminary that just had a conference … Continue reading
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Tagged baptist identity, baptist press, calvinism, landmarkism, Timmy Brister, Todd Burus
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phriday photos
I am just fascinated by the most intense light of the sun right now. here is sunset reflected off the arm of a power line here is the bottom of the sun peeking out of the cloud and for something … Continue reading
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Tagged 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, d300, nikon, nikon d300, photography, sunset, texas
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sink or faucet
are you a sink or faucet? Trevin Wax wants to know. Hat tip to Justin Taylor.
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Relevance
Joe Thorn has a quote from John Piper regarding relevance that says: As a preacher, I think a lot about relevance. That is, why should anyone listen to what I have to say? Why should anybody care? Relevance is an … Continue reading
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Tagged joe thorn, John Piper, relevance, temporal v. eternal, the gospel
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Francis Chan on the Church
I am reading Francis Chan’s book Crazy Love. I am more than halfway finished with it and I will be posting more about it once I have finished it. I can already see that it is going to have to … Continue reading
another helpful reminder
here is another helpful reminder from Kevin DeYoung. What’s more, lots of the people who came to church over the weekend did more than just attend. They taught Sunday school, handed out bulletins, played the guitar, stacked chairs, and held … Continue reading
I don't even trust you to do that
Cool Milton Friedman in action deconstructing Phil’s leftist utopian assumptions. A helpful reminder of the real engine that drives growth on a day when the Senate passes a 829 billion buck boondoggle of leftist wishlists run amuck. “Where are these … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, communism, free market, milton friedman, phil donahue, self interest
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hard to face but real
Ok, there is an event that occurred that has to be faced even though it is horrible. Benjamin linked to the news story in his comment to this post. The quick summary is that a woman went to have an … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, baby, born alive infant protection act, botched abortion, fetus, vitamin z
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Facebook's fifth birthday
Facebook turns five and Al Mohler has thoughts about it and social networking in general. By the way, Dr. Mohler is one of my facebook friends. Dr. Mohler has 8 suggestions for “safeguarding the social networking experience.” 1. Never allow … Continue reading
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Tagged dr. mohler, facebook, my space, safeguards, social networking
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theistic evolution
as I mentioned yesterday, I read the book Who Was Adam last month. It was interesting, but I kept having a recurring question pop into my head. The question is “why?” Why would God limit himself (in part) to naturalistic … Continue reading
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Tagged challies, creation, evolution, fuz rana, greg koukl, tactics, who was adam
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Saturday morning
Tournament time means being all the way across town for a basketball game before 8:00 a.m.
Spectacular Sins
I am just finishing the book Spectacular Sins by John Piper. As you might expect from Piper, his purpose is to demonstrate from scripture the sovereignty of God in every situation including several specific spectacularly sinful occasions. He deals with … Continue reading
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Tagged John Piper, sin, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, spectacular sins, supremacy of Christ
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Who Was Adam
I read the book Who Was Adam in January. It was very interesting indeed. I would recommend it to anyone interested in seeing an attempt at synthesis between the naturalistic fossil record and the Biblical record of creation in Genesis. … Continue reading
friday fotos
sunset at the capitol and
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Tagged 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, circular polarizer, d300, nikon, nikon d300, photography, polarizer, sunset
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