November 7, 2009 – 8:55 pm
Here is a quote from a recent interview with Michael Horton in Christianity Today (Nov. 2009, p. 49). Mr. Horton is a professor at Westminster Seminary in Escondido, CA, and the author of Christless Christianity.
“You also say it’s [the Gospel] not ‘a personal relationship with God’ or ‘making Jesus your Lord and Savior.’ What do [...]
August 21, 2008 – 11:15 pm
BLAME IT ON THE BRAIN?
Edward Welch ( 1998 )
Blame It on the Brain? was written to help believers distinguish among chemical imbalances, brain disorders, and disobedience. His task was “twofold: to introduce areas where the brain has received too little credit, and to highlight where the brain has received too much credit (or blame).” [...]
WORSHIP IN THE MELTING POT
Masters, Peter (2002)
Worship in the Melting Pot was written by Dr. Peter Masters, the pastor of the world famous Metropolitan Tabernacle since 1970. The Metropolitan Tabernacle was the church which C. H. Spurgeon pastored in the 19th century. Metropolitan Tabernacle has continued in the Baptist tradition of simplicity and [...]
In the process of trying to establish and build God’s church here in San Luis Obispo, I have not been able to invest the desired time and energy in posting to this blog. This means that there are relatively few articles communicating my concerns, views, and teachings from Scripture. (BTW, this is primarialy [...]
January 31, 2008 – 12:59 am
Very Naughty Figs
Dan and Sonya Carlson, Traffod Publishing, 2006
Very Naughty Figs came across my path recently. It was written and illustrated by a husband and wife team to help expose the archaic expressions and words found in the AV (Authorized Version, also known as the King James Version). The book catches the eye [...]
In the June 2007 Church Production magazine there is an article about Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Chandler, AZ. The church has constructed a new auditorium and the magazine was reporting about the multimedia equipment that was used to punctuate their worship with a “live band and expansive video presentation.” (p. 24).
The article brings out [...]
In our local newspaper (The Tribune) there was an article from the Los Angeles Times about tattoos in the work place. Many work places require tattoos to be covered, although more and more companies are becoming accepting of them.
There were a couple interesting statistics;
It has been a while since I have posted. I’ll try to get on a regular schedule here, for what it is worth (FWIW).
In 2 Sam. 16 we find a man named Shimei. Shemei was distant relative of King Saul and he had come out to curse King David who was in exile [...]
Several weeks ago our local paper had an article about the views of college professors toward various religious groups. By far the most disdained were evangelicals: fully 53% of college faculty members had unfavorable feelings toward us. The next closest groups were Mormons (33%), Muslims (22%), atheists (18%), and Catholics (13%).
So what does this mean?
Here is a link to a recent article by Dr. Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It is a a graphic look into the new industry of selective reduction from IVF procedures. Lest we become complacent in our attitude toward the abortion industry, we need to be aware of and [...]