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two stories
Two stories from the campaign trail. One of them involves Baby A and the other involves Chloe. Chloe’s dad Kurt called in to the Rush Limbaugh show and told Rush the story. He then sent Rush pictures. The whole thing … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign 2008, Down Syndrome, election 2008, life, sarah palin
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megachurches on the slide?
is the age of the megachurch showing signs of beginning to pass? here is a fascinating look at this question in USA Today. statistical blip or the start of a trend? On paper, megachurches look like a trend still on … Continue reading
some days
isn’t this all you feel like doing?
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Tagged dachshund, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, off-camera flash, piebald dachshund, puppy
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Is the church for evangelism?….continued even further
In a way this whole discussion seems weirdly artificial. All of our life as Christ followers is the gospel. Everything we do or say is because of the presence of God in us. I am not a preacher (vocational pastor … Continue reading
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Tagged church, evangelism, gospel, preaching, proselytizing, teaching
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is the church for evangelism?….continued
Ken Stewart, professor of theological studies at Covenant College, had a comment posted to Tony Payne’s thoughts that I mentioned in this post. The comment was elevated to the text of this post Here is the beginning of what Professor … Continue reading
C-Span interview
here is a place with three you-tubes of Sarah Palin’s interview on CSpan in February 2008. Just heard the first one so far. It was impressive. hat tip to Dirty Harry.
of Palin and Pipelines
The editors of the Washington Post have noticed that Sarah Palin proved palpable political prowess with her work on the natural gas pipeline project. (the Wall Street Journal had already noticed this project.) their conclusion: But it is also a … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign, competition, election 2008, natural gas pipeline, politics, sarah palin
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two flashes
I am enjoying two flashes on my macro photography. Now I need some extension tubes to get in really close.
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Tagged d300, macro, macro photography, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, off-camera flash, photography
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elder led
In an earlier post regarding congregationalism, I made the point that God’s model of leadership in the local ekklesia is elder led. Phil Newton has written an article for Tabletalk magazine touching on this topic so I can link to … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical elder standards, church, church governance, deacons, elders
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Is the Church for Evangelism?
this is the question posed by the Ramblin’ Pastor Man and by Tony Payne. It is a more difficult question than it appears on the surface. Tony makes some good points and here is one of them: However, even if … Continue reading
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Tagged ambassadors for christ, church, evangelism, ministers of reconciliation, mission, worship
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like I said
you don’t replace something with nothing. here is another manifestation of the phenomenon. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSEaHyzbqTA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1] hat tip to the anchoress UPDATE: in case you were like me and wondering if this was real or The Onion, Reason Magazine’s vote is “real.”
speaking of Sarah Palin
here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about what she did in Alaska. first, the general problem to be addressed. Alaska’s politicians—in particular ruling Republicans—roll in oil campaign money, lavish oil revenue on pet projects, then retire to … Continue reading
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Tagged election, election 2008, entrenched interests, experience, governor, john mccain, oil industry, reform, sarah palin
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Sarah Palin
Tim Challies has a political post up. He is right that this has been the most entertaining political campaign ever. The primaries were awesome and the general election is positioned at this point to go to the wire. Challies focus … Continue reading
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Tagged attack, election 2008, left, loony left, politics, role of women, sarah palin
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why government?
Pulpit Magazine has a two part series from Nathan Williams on why God put government in place. here is the introduction to the series. With the Democratic National Convention being held last week, and the Republican National Convention being held … Continue reading
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Tagged christian response to government, church, government, role of government
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male and female friendship
For some light reading this weekend, here is a long article on the proposition of Harry in “When Harry Met Sally.” Most of you will recall that Harry was of the opinion that there is no such thing as “just … Continue reading
photo phriday
June in Arkansas Natalie and Pluto
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Tagged arkansas, dachshund, nikkor 105mm f2.8, nikon, nikon 18-200mm VR, nikon d300, piebald dachshund
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Taking a stand
I learned a new name this morning. Peter the Chanter. Peter stood up against the execution of heretics based on scripture. There was at least one medieval theologian and ethicist who publicly objected to the Church’s willingness to encourage the … Continue reading
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Tagged heresy, heretics, inquisition, martin luther, peter the chanter, scripture
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study essentials
Mark Driscoll has posted six study essentials in a Christian’s life to follow up his earlier post on the necessity of being studious. Here are three of them, but all 6 are good and there are links in the post … Continue reading
Hope
there does remain yet some decency in the world. People who aren’t completely consumed with winning at all cost. here is one of them. I actually believed we were better than that. I actually believed “swiftboating” was the sole property … Continue reading
To what have we come?
Joseph Bottum has a sobering post up at the First Things blog. It contains some quite shockingly frank admissions from radical leftist commenters at Daily Kos. Here is one of them, but go read the other one which is even … Continue reading
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Tagged character assassination, destruction, lies, politics, reputation
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Objective Bible Study
Challies has a post about the necessity of leaning on the Holy Spirit when studying the Bible to avoid the possibility of reading the Bible to support preexisting arguments rather than what is there. he first gives an interesting illustration … Continue reading
two views on abortion
compare the two videos posted by Timmy Brister. I think they are talking past each other a little bit, but the core framework for each is different enough that I don’t know how they could ever agree. Piper talks about … Continue reading
think a minute
This is from a post at a blog called “stupid church people” Here’s some passages from an introductory text entitled “The Sociology of Religion” that I found interesting. “The role religion plays in maturation is highly problematic. While it is … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, dependence, freedom, mark driscoll, religion, stupid church people, thinking
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