Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 24th, 2008 8 Comments »
I still don’t understand the biblical logic of when Christians sue Christians, regardless of the issue. It seems there have been some illegal copies of some Christian books online. The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has filed a lawsuit against biblecentre.net for hosting these books. Here is their press release (see the whole release at [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I don’t like bugs too much. I never have, even when I was a young boy. All my friends liked bugs, but I didn’t. I’m not overly squeamish with them, but I just don’t like them. And so when I have to kill the occasional spider in my house, it isn’t [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 20th, 2008 9 Comments »
UPDATE 1: The “somebody near and dear to me” is my Dad. Thanks to all who have asked and are praying.
UPDATE 2: I have heard from/about 6 people just today (6/24) who have been affected by the Piper/Powlison piece referred to below. Do yourself a favor: read this piece NOW. You might not need it [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
Do you remember when the Pharisees demanded of Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you”? What they wanted was a quick fix on decision-making. They didn’t want to examine the Scriptures to see if Jesus truly did fulfill the prophecies about the coming Messiah. Instead, they demanded a sign.
And here was Jesus’ [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, it looks like Canada is trying to pass a No-Spanking law that will get parents thrown in jail if they should attempt to physically discipline their children. Usually what happens in Canada tends to flow south eventually. Canada’s universal health care system will probably become an American reality, especially if the Democrats [...]
Posted in Family, Personal Thoughts on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Elisabeth, may you be a woman one day who is fears the Lord and thus, is to be praised.
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
So now it’s me and my brother-in-law (SuYoung) who have set a goal of 100 pushups by the end of summer. Anyone else want in?
1. Sam Shin
2. SuYoung Kim
3. Steve Kim
4. Luke Shiras
5. Brandon
So if you have said yes, you need to do the test. Which is, how many pushups can you do [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, Personal Thoughts on Jun 18th, 2008 No Comments »
When the Bible was being translated in the vernacular, the Roman Catholic Church deemed such translations to be a very dangerous thing. Diarmaid MaCullough noted in his book The Reformation:
Pope Paul V was perfectly serious when in 1606 he furiously confronted the Venetian ambassador with the rhetorical question ‘Do you not know that so much [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 18th, 2008 No Comments »
SGM Blog has a great podcast on fighting for joy. It’s good to know that people like CJ Mahaney actually has to fight for joy like the rest of us:
It’s a fight each and every day. So this is not a natural disposition that one possesses. Each day sin will be opposing the experience and [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts on Jun 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
I’ve almost completed J. I. Packer’s book, Guard Us, Lead Us (Justin Buzzard first pointed me to this book) which has some really wonderful kernels of wisdom on this often discussed subject. Here’s one really helpful quote:
The decisive moments in human lives are the moments of decision and commitment whereby we embrace a course of [...]
