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Monthly Archives: June 2010
contending for the faith in context
I read Ed Stetzer’s book Planting Missional Churches a couple of years ago. It is an excellent practical resource with which to be familiar if you are thinking of planting a church. Ed also has a blog where he devotes … Continue reading
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Tagged contending for the faith, contextualization, contextualizing the gospel, ed stetzer, missiology
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what is this?
I am not really sure what this is or what to think about it. I think they have somewhat correctly identified the problem, but the solution seems terribly “off”. read the whole article and see what you think. here is … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, church, evangelism, faith, lifestyle evangelism, perspective, phil johnson
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surprising “intellectual competence”
here is an interesting story on Mike Huckabee and his chances in the upcoming 2012 presidential race. John Miller pointed it out on the Corner a little while ago and I bring it up because of this interesting little window … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, bias, evangelicals, huckabee, intellectuals, john miller, nicole allan, prejudice, the Corner
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foteaux on fridai green and pink
green green up the hill pink
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Tagged 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, arkansas, central texas, d300, green, nikon, nikon d300, photography, pink
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democracy and morality
yesterday evening Instapundit linked to Todd Zywicki at the Volokh Conspiracy which had an excerpt from a fascinating and lengthy Kenneth Minogue paper at the New Criterion. It is a thought provoking look at the relationship between democratically elected governments … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, democracy, individualism, instapundit, kenneth minogue, morality, new criterion, policies, polity, servility, todd zywicki, volokh conspiracy
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musical interlude
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers have a new album out. it is well done. vintage Petty. some reggae, some blues and some rock and roll. great lyrics telling great stories with a great soundtrack. He’s still got it.
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Tagged blues, lyricism, Mojo, reggae, rock and roll, storytelling, tom petty
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Friday Fotos, Queen Anne’s Lace edition
I went to Arkansas last week for the state’s bar meeting in Hot Springs. While there, I noticed and became obsessed with tall white wildflowers lining the roads. new header picture and while I was in Arkansas, I went to … Continue reading
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Tagged 17-35mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, AF-S 17-35mm f2.8, d300, fill-flash, friday fotos, nikon, nikon d300, photography, queen anne's lace, sb800
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family is where you serve
Mark Driscoll on what makes a family. HT to Jonathan Dodson.
truth and pride
as Dane Ortlund tells us, there is a very fine but recognizable line between defending truth and defending one’s own honor. …..I’m struck by my own and others’ inability to discern between concern for the truth and concern for being … Continue reading
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Tagged dane ortlund, defending truth, justin taylor, pride, truth, vindication
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more on Grace
further to yesterday’s post, here is an excellent outline by Matt Chandler on what it looks like to “make every effort” to walk the Christian life. We fight sin and grow in godliness by using the weapons grace provides. There … Continue reading
grace first to last
there was an interesting post yesterday by Mike Potemera on the Corner. In it Mike quotes a catholic, Thomas Merton quoting Karl Barth on the importance of faith. here is the portion of Barth quoted by Merton: Everyone who has … Continue reading
something with nothing
in another of a continuing theme on this blog, I just thought that I would point out that Mark Steyn agrees with me that you don’t replace something with nothing. Which brings me to my big philosophical difference with Ms. … Continue reading
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Tagged ayaan hirsi ali, belief, infidel, islam, mark steyn, necessity of belief, nomad, secularism
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fotos on fridae
I bought a used lensbaby lens to play with and it does some pretty cool things. and here is my niece in a bubble dress shooting a shotgun. yes, this is Central Texas.
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Tagged 17-35mm, AF-S 17-35mm f2.8, d300, lensbaby, nikon, nikon d300, photography
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discipleship
I was checking out twitter this morning waiting for the program to start here at the Arkansas Bar meeting in Hot Springs and saw this from Matt Carter. Matt was linking to this insightful article by Darren Patrick on the … Continue reading
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Tagged bohemian, darrin patrick, discipleship, matt carter, self-feeding, spoon feeding, structure, structured, the Journey
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best city to live in for the next decade
Austin is number 1 on Kiplinger’s list of 10 best cities for the next decade to live in. Here is what they say: Source: Kiplinger we love Austin. Yesterday we went to the 11:15 service at Austin Stone. Then we … Continue reading
sovereignty of God in salvation
Brian Lopez has reposted a list from Jonathan Edwards of six ways that God is sovereign in salvation. here are numbers 2 and 4 2. God exercises His sovereignty in the advantages He bestows upon individual persons. “Everyone needs salvation, … Continue reading
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Tagged election, jonathan edwards, sovereignty in salvation, sovereignty of god, vitamin z
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friday fotos
macro and fill flash with the canon powershot S90 again showing fill flash on a bright sunny day and a nikon F5 with Fuji Velvia 50
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Tagged 105mm, 105mm f2.8 AF, canon, canon powershot S90, film camera, fuji velvia 50, Nikon F5, S90
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joy and expertise
it is a delight to watch and learn from somebody who has great expertise in an area and great joy in working in that area. what a wonderful example of taking pleasure at work and doing it well. watch this: … Continue reading
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Tagged dan pink, Drive, expertise, motivation, phil johnson, soda pop, the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, tony morgan
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sell everything
this funny clip ends with some reasonably good sounding advice. via Jonah Goldberg previous appearance of clark and dawes on the blog where they talk about whales dying of old age and safe oil tankers.
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Tagged australian comedy, clark and dawes, comedy, finances, governmental borrowing
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the importance of doctrine
Kevin DeYoung posts a quote from J.C. Ryle’s book Holiness (link is to a 99 cent Kindle edition) that talks about the importance of having and defending sound doctrine. read this a couple of times: Mark what I say. If … Continue reading
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Tagged belief system, beliefs, doctrine, holiness, importance of doctrine, J.C. Ryle, sound doctrine
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a great speech
Justice Scalia gave a speech this last week at his granddaughter’s high school on the occasion of her graduation from that institution. here is a brief but delicious excerpt. “[A] platitude I want discuss comes in many flavors. It can … Continue reading →