Posted in Culture on Aug 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Before I begin, let me write this disclaimer: I believe God has given human beings the responsibility to be stewards over His creation (Genesis 1-2). Therefore, the intentional abuse of animals for the soul purpose of bloodthirsty enjoyment is a neglect of that responsibility and therefore, wrong.
With that said, I am amazed […]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Aug 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
I had the opportunity to visit Sovereign Grace City Church in Brooklyn, NY. I must say that one of the real blessings of being a part of the Sovereign Grace family of churches is that being there was like being in San Leandro. The main components are the same: Sovereign Grace songs, Gospel-focused […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons on Aug 13th, 2007 1 Comment »
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.
Exodus 20:17
My son Jack has a problem. He can be playing with a particular toy, happy as a clam, […]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Aug 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
Martin Luther has a very interesting take on changing diapers. It really puts into perspective this act of drudgery for any parent. Diaper changing can be an act of holiness, even as you wipe the filth away. One thing is for certain, however, dads are not exempt from the Lord in changing […]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Aug 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Each one of these kids have stood over two graves and are now being cared for by a brother or sister who is sometimes only 10-13 years old. It’s a sobering thought. They get one meal a day, what they receive at the Lula Center, unless there is food brought to their home […]
Posted in Theology on Aug 10th, 2007 No Comments »
For a much more in depth argument FOR paedobaptism, Vern Poythress (Westminster Theological Seminary) has written two articles that would be worth your reading:
Indifferentism and Rigorism in the Church: With Implications for Baptizing Small Children
and
Linking Small Children with Infants in the Theology of Baptizing
(HT: Between Two Worlds)
Posted in The Church, Theology on Aug 9th, 2007 7 Comments »
For those who have been going to Wellspring and have taken our membership, some might wonder why we don’t re-baptize those who have been only been baptized as infants. Well, Wayne Grudem and John Piper have recently taken up this issue with Grudem changing his position in an updated version of his Sytemtatic Theology […]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Aug 9th, 2007 No Comments »
We visited this man at his home. He has TB and has one leg from a mining accident and so he cannot get to the clinic from where he lives. Unless the Home Based Care team in Cork, South Africa visited him, he probably would have been dead by now. There is […]
Posted in Family on Aug 9th, 2007 No Comments »
I was listening to Family Life this morning and Alistair Begg was speaking. He gives some good pointers on what he looks for in men that would make them suitable as a mate. My only caveat to what he and Dennis Rainey say is that there is something to the process of sanctification, […]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Aug 8th, 2007 No Comments »
My home has many toys, toys that have been discarded a while ago. But one toy that we do not have is barbed wire. Usually, you don’t want kids playing with such things because…well…cuts from sharp wire is never fun any child. But in Africa where toys are non-existent, where food and […]
