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Trinity Sunday January 7th, 2010

This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. For further reading on the history and meaning of this occasion, I recommend the following: http://www.stpaulskingsville.org/trinity.htm

Lord, Teach Us to Pray January 7th, 2010

It is not unreasonable to suppose that the life of prayer will draw us into a genial camaraderie, so secure in God’s grace and confident in his beneficence that we are irresistibly carried along in the flow of the river of God, viewing everyone and everything with the cheeriest of …

Absent from the Body January 7th, 2010

This story is commendable on a number of levels. http://www.rabbitroom.com/?p=5046

Off the Shelf: Auralia’s Colors January 7th, 2010

Last night I finished Jeffrey Overstreet’s book, Auralia’s …

Remember Your Baptism January 7th, 2010

Perusing my old blog today and thought this quote from John Calvin was worth re-posting. “But we must realize that at whatever time we are baptized, we are once for all washed and purged for our whole life.Therefore, as often as we fall away, we ought to recall the memory of our …

Ascension Day January 7th, 2010

Today marks the fortieth day after Easter, the day our Lord ascended to His throne in Heaven. I suspect that we are not nearly as excited about today as we ought to be. Granted, we will be celebrating the ascension this coming Lord’s Day, but today marks an amazing moment in God’s saving …

Parental Guidelines January 7th, 2010

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control – Galatians 5:22 The last few weeks I have been meditating on how the fruit of the Spirit is instructive to the parenting of our children. Of course we want …

Living in Color January 7th, 2010

How should Christians view life? From a Christian perspective, correct? Believers, above all others, should view the world – should see life – through a thoroughly biblical lens. Yet, if you were to ask ten different Christians what it means to think biblically, it would not be …

Pentecost Primer January 7th, 2010

Tomorrow is Pentecost, the third great festival of the Christian year. Although transformed by the Church since the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as recorded in Acts 2, Pentecost was originally celebrated by Israel. Along with Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, Pentecost (also known as the …

A Taste for Imagination and Maturity May 13th, 2009

“It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one’s adult enjoyment of what are called ‘children’s books’. I think the convention a silly one. No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty …

Almost Incredulous February 5th, 2009

Is President Obama really this naive? Addressing the National Prayer Breakfast, Obama spoke of how faith has often been a divisive tool, responsible for war and prejudice. But, he said, “there is no religion whose central tenet is hate. There is no God who condones taking the life of …

Gridlock: An Answer to Prayer? February 5th, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090205/pl_politico/18444