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Archive for October, 2006

On Being Fed Up

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Well, well, well. Here we go. Phil Johnson is Fed Up. And he’s letting us know.
So… What’s he all fed up about? He’s fed up about the Emerging Church. He’s fed up with the way people react to his various criticisms of the Emerging Church. He’s fed up with Rob Bell. He’s fed up with [...]

Webster’s 1828: Superstition

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

I am reading through John Owen’s Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers, and I ran across what I thought was an odd usage of the word superstition. I looked it up in the 1828 edition of Webster’s dictionary, and I was very fascinated by the primary definition listed there:
SUPERSTI’TION, n. [L. superstitio, supersto; super [...]

MacArthur on Evangelizing Christians

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

John MacArthur answers Common Questions about Lordship, including this one about witnessing to and evangelizing “professed” Christians:
QUESTION: How should we act toward those who profess to be Christians but seem indifferent to spiritual things?
This is a common question posed by those who realize how truly narrow the way is (Matt. 7:13–14). It can be frightening [...]

Book Review: Confessions of a Reformission Rev, by Mark Driscoll

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church
by Mark Driscoll.
Zondervan, 2006. 208 pages.
ISBN 0310270162.
When I sit down to read a Christian book, I generally end up either finding myself mostly agreeing with it, or mostly disagreeing with it. And generally, I know before I even start which direction I will [...]

R. C. Sproul on Regeneration

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

In the jargon of Christianity people speak of “born again” Christians. Technically, speaking, this phrase is redundant. If a person is not born again, if he is not regenerate, then he is not a Christian. He may be a member of a Christian church. He may profess to be a Christian. But unless a person [...]

Random Thoughts, 10/02/2006

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

I haven’t been terribly diligent about posting lately, so I need to get back into being more self-disciplined. Not only about blogging, but I’ve been falling off on my prayer time and quiet time lately, so your prayers for help would be appreciated. In the meantime…
Happy Birthday!
Not that she reads the blog yet, but today [...]

Pregnancy Update, Week 20

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

This week’s update is pretty short…
IT’S A BOY!!!
He’s Got His Dad’s Belly…

Look, Ma, Um, Hands!

Smell My Feet!

The Evidence…

Good thing Halloween is coming up…

Hi, Little Guy!