Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
Finishing Dallimore’s two volume work on George Whitefield has been nothing short of heavenly inspiring. Though GW was far from perfect (one of his greatest sins was that he turned a blind eye to slavery), his life was one fixated on living for God’s glory and the advance of the Gospel. He also [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 7th, 2007 No Comments »
I’m about to go to South Africa in a few days. We’re going to the Eastern province called Mpumamalanga where poverty is quite real, even though Krueger National Park sits right next door. Tourists, of course, don’t really get a chance to see the area that we’re going to. There are shanty [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 6th, 2007 No Comments »
I was driving to the office this morning when I turned on the Christian radio station. On came the familiar voice of Chuck Swindoll, as he said, “Host of Insight for Living,” and I figured his show was about to come on the air. But no, it wasn’t his preaching that I’d hear, [...]
Posted in Church History and Historical Theology on Jul 6th, 2007 No Comments »
I’m drawing to a close in Dallimore’s Volume 2 of Whitefield and it has been a great joy to read about this incredible man. I have come to realize just how valuable it is to read biographies with other books. Reading about real lives that are committed to Christ is so soul inspiring, [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 6th, 2007 No Comments »
This is a great flash video that shows who has conquered the Middle East. It gives you some perspective over a very conquered region.
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jul 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
For those of you who didn’t know already, I’ll be going to South Africa for the next two weeks to serve Hands at Work, Africa. I’ll be going from July 12th to July 28th, leading a team of 14 men, women, and children from our church. We’ll be caring for orphans and widows [...]
Posted in Wellspring on Jul 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in Random Thoughts on Jul 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
These pics are really incredible and worth a look.
Posted in Wellspring on Jul 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Just a fun video of two dancers in our church for VBS:
Posted in Theology on Jul 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
J. I. Packer, in an article entitled, “Penal Substitution Revisited,” writes:
As I grow old, I want to tell everyone who will listen: ‘I am so thankful for the penal substitutionary death of Christ. No hope without it.’
Penal substitution is no mere corollary to the Gospel. It is the heart of the Gospel. And [...]
