Archive for September, 2007

My First Political Contribution

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Today I made a donation to Ron Paul’s presidential campaign, and I have to be honest with you, I’m not exactly flush with cash at the moment. But in that same honest vein, let me say to you that I have never been as excited about a political candidate in my, admittedly, short life.
What excites [...]

God for a Day

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Here’s a thought experiment for you. Imagine for a moment that you are given the infinite power of God to do with as you please. For all intents and purposes, you are God.
What would you do?
Think about it for a moment, and throw away your little answers, like “I’d bring about world peace”, or “I [...]

Fidelity

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

In a relationship, we often think of the person who leaves or wants to leave as the unfaithful one. The one who has the affair, the one who rails and sows nothing but discontent. But what about the husband who refuses to lead, who brings things into his home that destroy the intimacy and the [...]

The Reality of Spiritual Symbols

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

In my last post, I discussed the nature of the sacraments and how referring to them as “mere” symbols is insufficient and in many ways misleading about other manifestations of God’s grace. Today, I want to go a little further with that thought.
In one of Peter Leithart’s essays on grace he talks about this very [...]

The Order of Heavenly Memorials

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Go look at Exodus 12 if you have not read it in a while. The first 28 verses detail the instructions concerning the practice of the Passover meal. The scope of the instructions is broad enough to reach to all generations:
“So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep [...]

The Lord’s Supper, Food, Nourishment, Grace, and Symbolism

Friday, September 14th, 2007

There is a tendency in modern Christianity to think of the sacraments (baptism and the Lord’s Supper) as purely symbolic acts. I believe this tendency is largely due to an overreaction to the Catholic position of transubstantiation and baptismal regeneration. And this is unfortunate, because while clearly transubstantiation and baptismal regeneration are not scriptural, [...]

Christ’s Death: A Solution to an Unexpected Problem?

Friday, September 14th, 2007

 This will be a short post, but here’s a question for you:
Was Adam born to die?
Personally, I find it hard to believe that he wasn’t. If Jesus Christ’s earthly existence could be so determined, if we can say of Him that He was sent as a man, born to die, why is it any less [...]

Meet Paul Washer

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

This three minute long video is series of edited excerpts from a sermon delivered by Paul Washer to 5,000 Southern Baptist teenagers. It is quite simply phenomenal. [Note: the editing and the addition of music and video was not done by Mr. Washer nor by me.]

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If you are interested in hearing the full sermon, [...]

The Disconnect

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Subtitled: Moral Immorality, the Music and Movie Industry, Disney’s Double Standard, and the Duke Lacrosse Team and Honest Strippers
I’ve been meaning to post something along these lines for some time, but for a million insignificant reasons, I haven’t. It’s the sort of thing I think about every time I hear about the RIAA or the [...]

[Updated!] Could Christ Have Sinned?: The two Adams

Monday, September 10th, 2007

This will be a relatively brief post, but as we’re talking about temptation and Christ and whether or not he could have sinned, I thought I would ask a question that I’ve been thinking about:
If we believe that we (or any other man or woman) would have sinned had we been in Adam’s place, then [...]

Fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man - Ecclesiastes 12:13

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