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Monthly Archives: July 2010
evangelism example
A Presbyterian pastor, Scott Moore, gives an example of evangelism in his neighborhood, at his house and the effect it had on him. fascinating reading. Here are the first two points he makes. Go read the other three and the … Continue reading
a few photos on phriday
Missed last Friday. Sorry about that. Here are some butterflies on my in-laws lantana. I took some on Fuji Velvia 50 and some on digital with my D300. The film was an expired roll that I purchased off of ebay. … Continue reading
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Tagged 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, bokeh, bokeh photography, butterflies, butterfly, fuji film, fuji velvia 50, nikon d300, Nikon F5, salado texas, velvia
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atheists and abortion
the Life Training Institute has found and dissects an argument from something called the Atheism Examiner. Here is the introduction, but go read the details: I came across a doozy of an article in the Birmingham Atheism Examiner. The article, “Against Abortion? … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, argumentation, atheism examiner, atheists, fallacies, life institute, logic
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our new world
here is a statistical rundown of the new digital world in which we live. Interesting. HT to the Z man.
man of one woman
@darrinpatrick was the guest preacher at the Austin Stone this last Sunday during our summer preaching series. He is the lead pastor at the Journey in St. Louis. His message was an excellent one from Philippians 4 on the need … Continue reading
Posted in culture, family, teaching
Tagged adultery, affairs, darrin patrick, faithfulness, josh dix, marital faithfulness, oneness, porn addiction, pornography
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why theology?
Joe Thorn posts an interview with Ray Ortlund about the importance of theology. here is the middle bit. What is the central task of the theologian? To love the Triune God wholeheartedly, according to the Bible. Nothing complicates theology like … Continue reading
meditations on coyotes
Kevin Williamson has a longish article on the clash of cultures that we are currently experiencing in this country. It is all delicious and you should therefore read it all, but I liked this bit in particular talking about my … Continue reading
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Tagged culture clash, kevin williamson, national review, national review online, progressives
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chandler on suffering
it is so very essential to have a sound theology regarding suffering before it hits your life. It will come and when it comes you need to already have thought about it. Here is a video that Justin Taylor posted … Continue reading
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Tagged Between Two Worlds, brain cancer, cancer, justin taylor, matt chandler, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, suffering
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manliness
Joe Carter has a nice list of 50 things that a man ought to be able to do. here are a couple of them, but go check out the whole list. what else would you add? 3. Change a diaper … Continue reading
procrastination
Joe Thorn is hurting me today. Why is procrastination wrong? Edwards argues that procrastination presumes upon the grace of God, assuming that he has given us future time when in fact our time may be short. We do not know … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, joe thorn, jonathan edwards, presumption, procrastination
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too much church
Kids raised in church have special dangers. Tony Kummer lists five. I have always worried about my children in this regard and find danger number three that Tony lists to be especially worrisome: 3. They Have Learned to Pretend Pray: … Continue reading
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Tagged church, kids, kids in church, teenagers, tony kummer, youth group
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faith doesn’t lessen the hurt
Josh Harris with an insightful quote from Nancy Guthrie’s book Holding On to Hope: A Pathway through Suffering to the Heart of God. In [the book] she recounts losing her baby to a rare genetic disorder: “The day after we … Continue reading
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Tagged endurance, faith, God's sovereignty, hope, loss, pain, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, suffering
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weekend reading
a couple of articles for your reading pleasure this weekend. the first one by Angelo M. Codevilla is political in nature about the divide in this country between the political class and the “country class”. Long but interesting. here is … Continue reading
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Tagged angelo m. codevilla, country class, God's power, graeme goldsworthy, legalism, power, reading, ruling class, self power, weekend, weekend reading
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phridai photoes eclectic edition
the new header picture above comes from this one. here is Samson on fuji velvia 50 film and a dandelion from last summer
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Tagged 105mm, film, fuji film, fuji velvia 50, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, nikon d300, Nikon F5
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overreach
Call it hubris, overreach, “operating outside your area of expertise” or whatever else you like, but bad things can happen when somebody who is an expert in one field makes decisions or acts in another field. Walter Russell Mead has … Continue reading
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Tagged copenhagen, expertise, experts, global warming, policy, science, the american interest, Walter Russell Mead
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showdown
Tom Petty and Sting have been locked in an epic battle for the title of coolest man alive for more than thirty years. Each one of them has had their time at the top only to be knocked off by … Continue reading
hollow men
Instapundit points to a fascinating article by Lee Smith regarding why intellectuals will always be against Israel and on the side of the nihilistic islamic radicals trying to eradicate it from the face of the earth. here is a bit, … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-israeli, anti-semitism, instapundit, islam, israel, lee smith, nihilism
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Reformed v. Evangelical
Michael Horton has an interesting article regarding the relationship between reformed churches and evangelical churches in America over the years. The whole thing is fascinating, but I was especially taken by this quote by Dietrich Boenhoffer since I have been … Continue reading
relativism’s real world danger
I am finishing up Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book Nomad. I encourage everyone to read it. Ms. Ali speaks from personal experience and with passion about the shortfalls and dangers of Islam as it is increasingly practiced worldwide. Two passages from … Continue reading
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Tagged ayaan hirsi ali, cultures, ignorance, inquiry, islam, muslims, nomad, paternalism, relativism, soft bigotry of low expectations
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Fotoes on Fridae North Texas edition
we enjoyed a quick trip up to Arlington to see the Rangers play the White Sox last Saturday. John Danks was pitching for the White Sox and we knew him and his family from church when he was growing up. … Continue reading
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Tagged 300mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, babe's chicken, baseball, chicago white sox, d300, nikkor 300mm f4 AF, nikon, nikon d300, texas rangers, tractor seats
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Get the book
Do you remember that part in the movie Pattonwhere General Patton is beating Rommel in a tank battle in North Africa? Patton yells out with gusto, “Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK.” as free market libertarian conservatives who … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, jonah goldberg, liberal fascism, negative rights, positive rights, progressives, sacrifice, tiffany jones miller
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David Platt’s take
Here is David Platt talking about the church in the South and the pressing need for young ministers to stay in the Word and to stay humble. Via @nationsbeglad
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Tagged David Platt, humility, the church, the gospel, young pastors
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meaning it
I have been working on figuring out what “meaning it” looks like for 23 years or so. Here courtesy of Vitamin Z is an example: Like most North Koreans, Son Jong Nam knew next to nothing about Christianity when he … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, martyr, martyrdom, north korea, prison, Son Jong Nam, torture
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