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Archive for July, 2009
A mission world map
Posted in Missions on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Singing perfectly
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is just for fun, especially for you music-lovers, those who love to sing, as well as those who wish you could sing. Wouldn’t it be great to have perfect pitch. Most of us are too old to learn this method, but Gene Veith says one teacher has devised a method to teach kids how [...]
Helping girls marry well
Posted in marriage, tagged courtship, dating, marriage on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I read “The Guy’s Guide to Marrying Well” with my oldest son. Now I will have to read and discuss (with my soon to be 18-year-old daughter) the “The Girl’s Guide” that has been released by Boundless. Here’s what is is about:
Most women hope to marry, but for many, it’s not happening like they thought [...]
A new blog to read
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I came across this blog called “The Daily Spurgeon” which offers a “daily reflection and inspiration from the “Prince of Preachers,” Charles Haddon Spurgeon.” Bookmark and feed your soul!
What I’m thinking about
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This emphasis in this post is not on “I” but on “thinking” about. We are all thinking about something or more than likely some things. Here are some of my musings that come basically from the episode on “Social Order” from the Truth Project.
“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and [...]
When lightning strikes
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Under the whole heaven he lets it go,and his lightning to the corners of the earth.”–Job 37:3
I love to see lightning! Late Sunday night there was an awesome display of lightning in the West county area of Erie, PA.
There are 1.3 billion lightning strikes a year, so someone has figured out. Click here to see [...]
Are we broken over sin?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged true church, voddie bauchman on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I listened to this message by Voddie Bauchman that was preached at the True Church Conference earlier this year. He preached from Psalm 51 on why we should be broken over sin. Here are his main points. We should be broken over sin because:
Sin stains and scars my soul (51:2)
Sin creates memories that stay with [...]
Be slow like God!
Posted in anger on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JT explains:
God is:
Exodus 34:6
“The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.’”
Numbers 14:18
“The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the [...]
Purposes in prayer
Posted in Prayer, tagged john calvin, Prayer on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Book 3, chapter 20 of the Institutes, Calvin notes that there are at least six purposes of prayer:
(1) to fly to God with every need and gain from Him what is lacking in ourselves to live the Christian life;
(2) to learn to desire wholeheartedly only what is right as we place all our petitions [...]
Depression: A Stubborn Darkness
Posted in Christian life, depression on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In this video Ed Welch sensitively shares the story of his own father’s depression and gives some thoughts on how to think about depression biblically:
Those interested might want to pick up a copy of his book, Depression–A Stubborn Darkness: Light for the Path. You can also read the first few [...]
