Considering the Institutional Church

Yesterday I listened to an interview with Frank Viola and George Barna about their book Pagan Christianity?.  I keep thinking of the former pitcher for the Red Sox.  You have to really have your head in the sand to not notice all the books critical of the “institutional church”.  This is a phrase that was [...]

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Considering Rejection

As you can imagine, I’ve gotten plenty of rejection letters in the last few years.  In fact I’ve gotten 3 this week.  Some of them have really annoyed me because they made some faulty assumptions about me, some of which were refuted in my resume & data form.
This one, however, made me laugh.  It was [...]

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Considering the Gap

I came across The Gospel According to the Old Testament series some time ago.  I’ve picked up new books when they have come out.  I think I have most of the series, and hope to use them at some point for a sermon series or teaching series.  But I haven’t read one in a few [...]

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Considering the Unthinkable

For me it was unthinkable for the Celtics to lose to the Hawks, again.  Well, it was nearly unthinkable for the Sox to be swept by the Rays, and that happened.  But the Celtics had dominated the Hawks this season, and in the first 2 playoff games.  The Hawks looked utterly horrible!
Game 3 was different.  [...]

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A Weekend and a Day

It was a jam packed weekend filled with fun and frustration.  It is fun hearing that you don’t have any cavities!  It is also fun trying to teach my daughter how to cut paper with her new scissors.  She still uses both hands to open it, and wants to hold them at an odd angle.  Yes, it [...]

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A Whole Bunch of Stuff

I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to post in the next week or so.  Yesterday I went to Presbytery.  Between where I am cicumstance-wise and some decisions made, I’m pretty discouraged.  I’m not excited abou the direction our Presbytery seems to be moving.  I’ll leave it at that.
On the way home I dropped [...]

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Considering the Church and the State

I got back to my reading of The Path to True Happiness by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones this afternoon.  He was talking about when Jesus cleansed the Temple in John 2.  He used this to address the church’s relationship to the state.  When this becomes confused, the church loses its real power and the whole nation [...]

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Considering the Unforgettable Fire

Unforgettable Fire: The Past, Present and Future- the Definitive Biography of U2 has been sitting on my shelf for at least a decade.  I bought it on a discount shelf while I lived in Orlando.  I’ve been meaning to read it, and decided to finally invest the time to read Eamon Dunphy’s book.
Eamon spends plenty [...]

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Considering Dan in the Real World

Dan in the Real World represents a definitive shift in Steve Carrell’s career.  No, still doing comedy.  No, still has that under-current of sadness in his character.  The shift is to playing a family man in a (mostly) family-friendly movie.
Dan is a widower raising 3 growing girls by writing an advice column for a local [...]

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Considering Family Worship

Our family worship is a “work in progress”.  We are seeking to raise our kids in “the fear and admonition of the Lord.” 
We’ve been praying with our daughter at meals and bedtime for quite some time.  That time has also included some songs she knows from Bible Study Fellowship, as well as a few simple [...]

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Wanted: More Grace

Yesterday was one of those days.  Our home was filled with manifestations of depravity (crabiness, anger, fear, doubt, whining etc.)  It was so wearisome.  By the time the kids went to bed we were both done.
Part of the Prayer Jesus gave us states “lead us not into trial/temptation, and deliver us from evil”.  The word [...]

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Big Papi Back?

Big Papi has been AWOL so far this season.  I wouldn’t be one of those small-minded folks who want to ‘boo’ him.  Thankfully his mega-slump has not hurt the bottom line.  The Red Sox have done well (aside for the middle relief- please bring Snyder back!).
I just want my Big Papi back.  And last night [...]

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Considering Biofuels

Even the NYT gets it, finally.  Scientific studies indicate that when you consider the process of creating the biofuels, they produce more greenhouse gases than traditional fuels.  Hah!  Congress’ great hope for not drilling anywhere in the continental U.S. and ending our foreign oil dependence has a few holes in it.
“When you take this into account, [...]

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Nearing Normal

I’d include a new photo, but I can’t seem to insert photos on the laptop, only the PC.  How very strange.  Nothing I’ve tried to resolve it has worked.  And now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
CS has been home for 2 days now.  We were not sure what to expect.  We heard some horror [...]

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Considering Abortion Art

Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you.  CavWife (CW) ran across this story today.  It comes from the Yale Daily News and is about a Yale art school senior.  It is sad, distressing and disgusting.
Her senior project is “a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” while [...]

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Considering Stuart Townend

Stuart Townend is one of the songwriters who wrote In Christ Alone (My Hope is Found) and a bunch of other great modern hymns.  He is helping with the worship at the NWA 08 Conference in England.  It was there that Adrian Warnock caught up with him for an interview to be found in New Frontiers [...]

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Home from the Hospital

If I have to do this again … shoot me.  I told CavWife this must have been payback for the China trip.
Yesterday morning I was up at 5:30 after not sleeping all that well.  CavDaughter woke me up twice, so that didn’t help.  Since I’d watched the Red Sox beat the Yankees late Sunday, I [...]

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Preparing for Surgery

Assuming all goes well, and CavSon does not get sick, he will have surgery tomorrow.  His palate will be repaired, his lip scar touched up and tubes put in his ears.  It is outpatient surgery, so barring complications he and I will be there less than 24 hours.  I’ll be spending the night with him [...]

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Considering the Ruins

I’m not talking about the movie.  I’m talking about the ruins left behind by ‘progressive’ ideas.  Two blog posts by Al Mohler illustrate.
One of Ronald Reagan’s greatest regrets, so I’ve heard, is signing the “No Fault Divorce” law as Governor of California.  A man who grew up a few blocks from the “Brady” house in [...]

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Advice for Francona and the Sox

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I think Terry Francona really ought to consider keeping Papi on the shelf.  In fact, I’d put him on the DL.
1. It would give his knee time to rest and heal more completely.
2. Both Ellsbury and Crisp will play everyday.  This will allow both to get into, and stay, in a good rhythm.
3.  Ellsbury adds [...]

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