Phillip Jensen asks Mark Dever – When is it ever right to leave a church? from Audio Advice. Good advice for members and, I would argue, for Shepherds.
Monthly Archive for March, 2010
Good Blog Day
Posted in Potpourii on Mar 17th, 2010
Today has been a good day for me, so far, in terms of interesting and engaging blog posts. I wanted to share a couple. 1. St. Patrick: Dr. Moore has a good post over at his blog on the relevance of Patrick for evangelical (dare I say, Reformed?) Christians tempted to despair by the dour [...]
The Burden of Prosperity
Posted in Jeremiah Burroughs on Mar 16th, 2010
VII. The seventh lesson by which Christ teaches contentment is the burden of a prosperous outward condition. One who comes into Christ’s school to be instructed in this art never attains to any great skill in it until he comes to understand the burden that is in a propserous condition. Objection.You will say, ‘What burden [...]
The Shorter Catechism
Posted in BB Warfield, Catechism, Westminster Confession of Faith on Mar 15th, 2010
I have a confession: I don’t know the Shorter Catechism. There – I’ve said it! I was raised Roman Catholic and by the time I had woken up to the call of the Holy Spirit in my mid-teens, and abandoned the faith of my parents for the Faith of my Fathers, I was in no [...]
Got a Comb?
Posted in Humor, Presbyterian on Mar 15th, 2010
One Google search result had me chuckling. Someone got to my blog by searching for: wild presbyterian hair I’m not sure exactly what Presbyterian hair is … but I just know that if it was Presbyhair, it would not be wild – but combed ”decently and in order!”
Kingdom Bringer (Mark 1:14-20)
Posted in Discipleship, Evangelism, Mark on Mar 15th, 2010
The story so far: Announced – John has proclaimed the coming Messiah. Annointed – Jesus has undertaken the baptism of water and also that of the Spirit Acknowledged – The voice has spoken from Heaven Approved – through passing the test of temptation in the wilderness In our pericope (or two) this morning we see [...]
Mark 1:9-13
Posted in Forgiveness, Gospel, Mark, Temptation on Mar 12th, 2010
(This is from 2/28. We had a guest preacher last Sunday and I was ill so did not manage to get any notes. This should put us back on track for this Sunday to resume our series in Mark) Mark seems to do everything in a hurry. We’ve already seen his ‘vision statement’ in the preceeding [...]
Calvin Comfort
Posted in Calvin on Mar 11th, 2010
I found a book a while back; no great find, to be sure, as nearly every Reformed Christian in the known world has heard of it before me I am sure, and yet, today, in the wilderness, it spoke to me. It is “Heart Aflame: Daily Readings from Calvin in the Psalms” and it puts [...]
Contentment and the Art of Ethiopian Adoption
Posted in Adoption, Christian Living on Mar 11th, 2010
I have many friends who have adopted. Secretly, I envy them. What a great picture of the Gospel! Unfortunately, it’s not part of God’s plan for us at the moment. That aside, here’s a great post on adoption, contentment, and why happiness is a sham. HT: Challies
Al Mohler’s blog this morning was a stark statement on the desperate danger infant girls face. While imbalances such as now found in China and India are unknown in the West, the practice of sex-selection abortion is found here as well. Indeed, there is no current law against the practice in the United States, where [...]
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