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Mike Huckabee for President 2007-04-11 03:01:15 I don’t delve into politics much on this blog. Frankly, it frustrates me too much. I don’t like the left spin on things, but I can see there is often a right spin too. Journalism in today’s world of sound bites and infomania, can’t help but be biased. That irritates me too. So I just live and let live. So why am I promoting a candidate here on my blog? Because I really think Mike Huckabee is an exceptional candidate. I want to spread the word and encourage you bloggers out there to get a button, and support Huckabee for president. This has nothing to do with Mitt Romney’s religion. I honestly don’t follow things all that closely, but I do not there are only a few candidates left that right wing Evangelicals would be comfortable with. What’s funny, is that the reason I like Huckabee is that he doesn’t fit a right wing Evangelical mold. Huckabee is pro-life and pro-2nd amendment (2 key issues for me). But he explains the pro-life ... President

Sam Storms on Traditionalism, Fundamentalism, Unity, and More 2007-04-10 13:44:46 interview of Sam Storms concerning an upcoming Baptist  Conference on the Holy Spirit, which Sam will be speaking at.  Sam Storms is best known for his non-cessationist position on miraculous gifts (learn more at his website EnjoyingGodMinistries.Com).  However, he is also an advocate of conservative Biblical theology, Calvinism, complementarianism, and the centrality of the Word in worship.  He’s also a Dallas Seminary grad, so as you can see, the subject of Sam Storms is an interesting one. The interview did not just focus on spiritual gifts, however.  Since the conference is being hosted by a prominent Southern Baptist church, the interview (conducted by 12 Witnesses) asked Storms what he thought about the current issues facing the SBC.  In his responses, he touched on issues central to the purpose of this blog.  He touched on problems with fundamentalism and traditionalism, and the need for unity.  So I thought I would reproduce some of his comments here for my readers, and e ...

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God?s Fatherhood & Resurrection Day 2007-04-08 03:39:29    I recently received my free copy of the April/May issue of By Faith (the magazine of the PCA). I am thoroughly pleased with the magazine, but that’s beside our point here. In an article entitled “Our First Priority should be to Extend Our Life-Consuming Mission: God’s Kingdom to the Ends of the Earth” by Dr. Richard Pratt, I read the following story:    I had the privilege of being in Indonesia two days after the great tsunami struck Indonesia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka in December 2004. While I was there, I spoke with a number of Muslims about the terrible tragedy that had come upon that great island nation. I always asked them two basic questions. First, I asked, “Do you believe God had anything to do with this tsunami?” Their answer was predictable. “Yes, of course. Allah is in control of everything. Everything happens in-sha’a Allah [as Allah wills].” But then I followed with a second question: &# ...

On My Cross ? FFH 2007-04-08 01:32:54 With Easter upon us, I thought it would be good to post the lyrics of a song about the Cross. This particular song is very moving and thoughtful, as it focuses on Jesus’ suffering for each of us personally ? He died on our cross. The song is by the group that also gave us another great song about the cross: “Still the Cross”. If you click on that link, you will see my post about that equally good song. May you be blessed by the message of this song.    On My Cross By Jeromy Diebler Verse 1 How wide is Your love That You would stretch Your arms And go around the world And why for me would a Savior’s cry be heard I don’t know Why You went where I was meant to go I don’t know Why You love me so Chorus Those were my nails That was my crown That pierced Your hands and Your brow Those were my thorns Those were my scorns Those were my tears that fell down And just as You said it would be You did it all for me After You counted the cost You took my shame, m ...

Don?t Waste Your Life 2007-04-07 04:25:15 Don’t Waste Your Life.  In fact, it is the book I recommend for people unfamiliar with Piper’s misistry and message. The book is great and the message is greater.  We need to make our lives count for Jesus.  Recently, I stumbled upon dontwasteyourlife.com, a new online venture of DesiringGod.org.  The site is fantastic, and it is devoted to spreading the message of the book.  I encourage you fellow bloggers to promote this site.  They have a podcast with short videos, like the one below.  And they have a blog.  They also sell copies of the book, and the new group study kit (with special DVD). With that being said, I encourage you to watch the short clip below, and to be encouraged anew to make your life count for Christ.  But remember, lean on God’s grace.  We can’t live this kind of a life without God’s amazing grace. ...

Serious Satire 2007-04-06 04:02:49 I recently came across a seriously funny site. The TomintheBox News Network is a blog by Thomas Slawson which offers parodies of evangelicalism, in the vein of Purgatorio and The League of Tyndale. Many of them are quite silly and harmless, while quite a few drive home a serious point. All of them are so well written, that you’ll be tempted to think they are true. I read thru Tom’s whole blog the other night (its new as of January).  And I must confess I was looking for  entertainment.  Being the Calvinist I am, certain posts made me crack up, like this one, and this one, and also this one (you have to go to those links by the way). He takes jabs at everyone from Robert Schuller to Peter Ruckman. A few of his posts took aim at extreme fundamentalism. And I found this post absolutely hillarious. He leads you into thinking one thing, and then unloads his point. Now I say it is funny, (and I really want you to read it, so I’m not going to quote from it or anythin ...

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The Bible & the KJVO Debate, part 7 2007-03-30 05:02:37 Note:this is another post in a series exploring how the Bible impacts the KJVO Debate. For all of the posts to date, click here. Review As we pick up this series, again, let me review where we are and how we got here.  This is a series dealing with how the Bible directly impacts the KJV Only debate.  We started by giving a review of how KJV Onlyists often claim their position is supported by the Bible.  We then moved on to discuss what the Bible says about inspiration briefly, and moved on to the topic of preservation.  That is where the series has bogged down.  There is not much exegetical discussion out there on the passages often cited by KJV Onlyists as teaching perfect preservation (the view that each word of the original Bible text is preserved perfectly down to today in a generally accessible form to most believers).  So I have been trying to take pains to be very clear as to what the text is actually saying, and how exactly it applies to a doctrine of preservation.  So far we h ...

Thoughts on the Battle of Jericho 2007-03-28 14:47:34 new kid’s Bible storybook I’ve been promoting.  In that story I read these words: Then God made his people a promise.  “I will always be with you….  If you do what I say, your lives in the new land will be happy and everything will go well.” So Joshua gathered his army together….  They were ready to fight.  But the plan wasn’t about fighting; it was about trusting and doing what God said.  (emphasis added, quote from The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones) Canaan as a Type These words spurred me to think about the battle of Jericho as it relates to the battle of our own personal sanctification.  Christians for centuries have interpreted the story of Israel’s redemption and exodus form Egypt, their wandering in the desert, and their conquering the promised land in some kind of a spiritual sense.  Scripture certainly presents Jesus as the archetypal Passover Lamb.  The misadventures of Israel in the wilderness teach us spiritual le ...

Powerful Thoughts on Preaching 2007-03-25 03:35:21 ...

Look Left 2007-03-24 03:08:42 Yes, look left. You will see a new feature to my blog. Similar to Phil Johnson’s (do I get all my good blogging ideas from him?) “Where I Am Right Now”, my “Blogging Around” section will give you the latest on what I’m reading and where I’ve been on the web. It will also provide updates and programming notes for this blog.  I’ll probably still do Bobspotted Blogrolls, but I am excited about what this new feature can offer this blog. Now, as for the immediate future, I am painfully aware that my next Bible & the KJVO Debate post is not ready yet.  So I hope to have it out Monday, Lord willing.  But as you can see (if you look left), I have been busy blogging, just not here, and this post gives my good reason! I’ve got nothing more to say.  So, either check out the links on the left, or check back on Monday! ...

More on a Christ-Centered Kid?s Book 2007-03-23 02:57:04 Not long ago, I passed along a recommendation for a new Bible Storybook called, The Jesus Storybook Bible.  I called it a “storybook for preachers“, and explained why a Christ-centered Biblestory book could help many a preacher. Well, I came across an excellent and informative interview of the author, Sally Lloyd-Jones about this book over at Eucatastrophe.  I’m going to post a few excerpts here, and encourage you all to go read the interview.  And more than that, you’ve got to get the book.  I did, and I’m loving it.  You can expect a review of it before too long. I found it so moving when I started to discover how the Old Testament is basically one long record of failure?the failure of God?s people time and time again to live rightly, to rescue themselves?and that the stories in the Old Testament are all getting us ready for the One who is coming. They are all signposts to the True Hero, the True King, the True Prince, the True Servant, the greater David ...

Disaster Averted! 2007-03-23 02:38:21 The Titanic almost went down this week.  Monday afternoon I accidentally deleted my blog!  With the recent design changes, I had created a few testing blogs.  And yes, I thought I was deleting a testing blog.  But I ended up deleting this blog! But the Wordpress guys came through to save the day!  They were able to resurrect my blog.  So I only spent about an hour and a half in a completely frantic state!  I was busily saving webpages to my hard drive, from Google’s cache files, trying to keep everything I could for producing my replacement blog. But God blessed and the blog remains.  But there was some confusion with figuring out where they had “restored” my dashboard too.  So for this whole week I have been unable to post anything.   As you can see, though, it is all squared away now. The extra time off the blog has been spent on some interesting threads at Sharper Iron.  And I’ve also been busy around the house, and finishing up a book.  In case you’re ...