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First pics of Haddon… Enjoy!

Haddon Zerubbabel Kubecki was born Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2008, at 8:08 PM. He weighed 7 lbs 1 oz, and was 20 1/2 in long. Mom and baby are feeling overjoyed.
Psalm 127:3-5

3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are [...]

Well, it’s time. They admitted us yesterday (technically, they admitted Shannon). So the baby will be here soon. Watch this space (or my Facebook feed, if you’re my “friend” on there) for updates.
In the meantime, just waiting for the real show to begin. And so without further ado:
Random Thoughts, Labor Edition

iMonk has an excellent commentary [...]

Stephen Altrogge, an outstanding musician, has just started a series on his blog called The Gospel in 50 Words… or Less:
Each day we’re going to post a scripture that speaks directly of the gospel, and then a meditation of fifty words or less on that verse.
Two posts so far, both very good. One on Psalm [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, so I guess you could say I’ve been taking a blogging Sabbath of sorts. I do have a couple of posts in the works, but they’re not going to be published until after the baby arrives. One is the birth announcement, and another are thoughts on our [...]

Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek
by Constantine R. Campbell.
Zondervan, 159 pages.
ISBN 031029083X
Verbal aspect is one of the more difficult concepts of Biblical Greek to grasp. It is only fairly recently in the history of Biblical Greek studies that this area has been given intensive analysis. Still, it remains elusive even for seasoned scholars and [...]

For fun, I checked my logs for the most popular posts I’ve ever done. The one I suspected, based on reader response (neither of my regular readers ever comments), was actually #8 below.
Without further ado…
10. Free Audio Book: The Confessions of St. Augustine (sorry, the offer has since expired)
9. On Being Fed Up
8. The Rock [...]

These are the best of post-election posts from among the blogs I read. I am proud this morning to be a brother in Christ with these men and women, for their commitment to the proper Biblical attitude toward President-elect Barack Obama and the election.
Justin Taylor, on President Obama:
It’s very easy to forget–especially for those of [...]

I almost forgot… The vault is now open. 2700 sermons. All free.

Dan Phillips contrasts today’s presidential election with a far more important election before the foundation of the world.
Al Mohler offers up a prayer for election day
Frank Turk reminds us to pray, vote, pray again, and resume our lives as disciples of Christ.
John Piper offers some thoughts on how to pray for those who are in [...]