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A Message for Monday: The Evangelization of the Home
I had the opportunity to speak at my church last week and I ended up bringing a message about the evangelization of the home. You can listen to it right here, or if you want a copy for yourself, you … Continue reading
Posted in Fathers, Marriage, Mothers
Tagged Children, Church, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, Holy Scripture, Jehovah, Knowledge, Obedience, Salvation, Scripture, Selfishness, Sermons, Sin, Virtue, Witnessing
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The First Type of Evangelism, part II
In my first post in this series, I discussed the Shema Yisrael and its connection to what Jesus Christ calls the first and greatest commandment. In this post, I want to backtrack a little bit and talk about evangelism in … Continue reading
Posted in Fathers
Tagged Children, Church, Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture, Selfishness, Sin, Theology, Witnessing
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Why is that man smiling: Reason, Insanity and Pleasure
About ten years ago, on one of the first nights of my EMT/Paramedic clinicals, we had a mental patient in the ER for a few hours. He was a little fidgety man that smiled a lot, muttered under his breath … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Decay, Despair, Home, Insanity, Life in general, Responsibility, Sin, Writing
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Faith and Works
Over at A Servant’s Thoughts, Frank Ritchie has a solid post about modern evangelism’s limp wristed approach to salvation. Do yourself a favor and go give it a read. Then come back here and let me know whether or not … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Decay, Evangelism, Faith, God, Hell, History, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Reformed, Religion, Scripture, Sin, Theology
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Marriage, Children, Love, and Responsibility
I’ve always been interested in the nature of responsibility, and in what makes a man or a woman finally pick up its mantle and seriously begin the journey toward true manhood or womanhood. I think for a lot of people, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Marriage, Mothers
Tagged Birth, Children, Daughters, Depression, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy, Religion, Responsibility, Scripture, Selfishness, Sin, Sons
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Man + Woman = Good!
As a man and a husband and a father, a lot of the topics on this blog tend to center around the home. As such, from time to time, I will have things to say about marriage and about children. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Marriage, Mothers
Tagged Birth, Children, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Pregnancy, Scripture, Sin
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Antinomianism
Over at Greensboro NC Christian Joel Gillespie has written a couple of interesting posts on Antinomianism[1][2]. Do yourself a favor and check them out, then do me a favor and come back here and leave a comment about it. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Calvinism, Christianity
Tagged Antinomiansism, Church, God, Heresy, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Salvation, Scripture, Sin, Theology
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Sheltering Children: Faith, Virtue, and Knowledge
Parents are always talking about how to protect their children without sheltering them. Invariably, in these conversations, the word “sheltered” is used as if being sheltered is a bad thing. I presume that most of the people who makes these … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Mothers
Tagged Children, Daughters, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Knowledge, Life in general, Religion, Scripture, Sheltering, Sin, Sons, Virtue
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Obedience and Faith Like a Child
This line of speculation started a while back when a friend posted a Quick Faith Quiz on his blog, wherein he asked: When Jesus talks about “faith like a child,” what does he have in mind? Is “child-like faith” different … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers
Tagged Childlike Faith, Faith, Life in general, Obedience, Religion, Scripture, Sin, Sons, Theology
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Postpartum Depression, Love, Joy, and Marriage
I’ve been making a point in this last year to be more transparent. There is a tendency among people and particularly among Christians, to pretend that all is well. That joy means happiness, that peace means a life without conflict. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Marriage, Mothers
Tagged Birth, Daughters, Depression, Despair, Faith, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postpartum Depression, Religion, Sin
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