Posted in some thoughts on Dec 31st, 2009
October John Owen, The Holy Spirit (Works, Volume 3) (at 650 pps, this one took a while!) John Fesko, The Rule of Love November Gustaf Wingren, Luther on Vocation Collection, Luther and Calvin On Secular Authority Robert Godfrey, John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor December Collection, John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology G. I. Williamson, The Westminster Confession [...]
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Posted in some thoughts on Dec 21st, 2009
Below is the text from an email I sent out to our families and our church recently regarding Megan’s pregnancy with baby #2 (not Ethan). Dear family and friends, It appears that the Lord, in his goodness and wisdom, has decided to call our little one home. We accept this hard providence as good for [...]
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Posted in some thoughts on Dec 8th, 2009
This past Sunday was the 2nd Sunday of Advent, the ‘Sunday of Judgment’. Our pastor put together some suggestions for how to celebrate Advent in family worship, which I’ve found very edifying. The suggested readings for the ‘Sunday of Judgement’ were Isaiah 11:1-5 [show] There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and [...]
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Posted in some thoughts on Dec 3rd, 2009
This post by Kevin DeYoung is well worth the read: The Gospel Old and New – thoughts welcome. UPDATE: The post above was apparently provoked by A Letter to Non-Believers* by Shane Claibourne, published in Esquire. *For whatever it’s worth, there is no such thing as a “non-believer”. There are only believers and unbelievers. “Non-believer” implies some [...]
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