From the monthly archives:

August 2005

Political Preachers

August 31, 2005

This is worth a read. Check out Cal Thomas’ words on Political Preachers. (HT Christdot)

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Easy Does It

August 30, 2005

After dinner last night I went outside with my son and daughter to hang out for a while. On the front porch was a package, and I could not figure out what it was. I like guessing, and I’m usually pretty good at it, but I had no idea until I opened it up. About [...]

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Anything Good?

August 29, 2005

Dr. Draper has written another article, “Can Anything Good Come From The SBC?” In it he addresses part of the problem in our Convention, affirms the need to change, argues the big issue is refocusing, and explains what is good about the SBC (read it here). I like what he has written, and ultimately agree [...]

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Vintage Theology

August 29, 2005

If you would like to get you hands on a good selection of “experimental theology,” check out the Free Grace Broadcaster from Mount Zion Bible Church. This is a quarterly publication you can get for free if the money is a problem. The Fall edition on “Hypocrisy” came in the mail Saturday. Each issue includes [...]

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A Quick Thought

August 27, 2005

Just some stuff running over in my thoughts as I have been preparing for tomorrow… “To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.” – Proverbs 21:3 (ESV) You gotta wonder if the evangelical church has missed this. We spend so much time debating “worship,” there is little left for figuring [...]

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Twisted Together

August 27, 2005

We glorify God by working out our own salvation. God has twisted together his glory and our good. We glorify him by promoting our own salvation. It is a glory to God to have multitudes of converts; now, his design of free grace takes, and God has the glory of his mercy; so that, while [...]

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Experimental Theology

August 25, 2005

I have been writing a lot of my thoughts on the church in my journal lately, and began to organize them last night. There are five things that I would like to see be true of all churches, but especially those in the SBC. Let me begin with the foundation: theology. Before you get on [...]

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