March 2006

What Does God Want? (Pt. 1)

March 30, 2006
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Part One: Intro Part Two: Justice Part Three: Loving Mercy Part Four: Walking Humbly with God What does God want from us? This is an important question; one I fear we often get wrong. From the moment of my conversion three values were drilled into my head. Read your bible and pray daily, and spend [...]

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V for Vendetta

March 23, 2006

Guest Blogger: Chris Keenon Reviewing V for Vendetta Chris Keenon is a teacher at Grace, an exegete of pop-culture and a writer currently shopping his first novel. I have asked him to share some thoughts on the popular new flick, “V for Vendetta.” My verbose friend was asked to keep it short so he chose [...]

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The Ninth

March 22, 2006

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” – Exodus 20:16 What does it mean to “bear false witness” against our neighbor? One of my favorite treatments of this commandment is by Thomas Watson. He explains that the ninth commandment generally “forbids anything which may tend to the disparagement or prejudice of our neighbor.” [...]

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Contacting Me

March 21, 2006

If you have tried to contact me through the feedback form on this blog, but have not received a reply from me it is not because I don’t like you (unless you are Steve McCoy). That form is not working. You can contact me vie email at pastorjoe [at] gmail [dot] com. Make sense? If [...]

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Mohler on O’Reilly Tonight

March 17, 2006

Just got this email. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled to appear tonight on the Fox News Channel’s “O’Reilly Factor.” Mohler will discuss how evangelical Christians should talk about and relate to Islam, in light of recent comments by evangelist Franklin Graham. In an interview, [...]

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The Salvation of All Men

March 16, 2006

This morning I read John Calvin’s sermon on 1 Timothy 2:3-5, “The Salvation of All Men” in a collection of his messages on the Pastoral epistles. For those who are wrestling with the doctrine of election, its relationship to God’s will for “all men” to be saved, and our work of evangelism this is a [...]

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Webb-Miller Chat

March 15, 2006

Did you listen? Did you hear the conversation between the two “liberal,” “left wing,” goatee wearing, tattoo sporting, beer drinking, emerging, pomo, Christian artists who are trying to lead our little ones astray (Sorry. I cribbed that from Russ Moore’s blog)? These labels are slapped on Derek Webb and Don Miller by a few critics [...]

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