June 2009

Be Happy God Says

Did you know that God commands you to be happy? Serve the LORD with gladness! Psalm 100:2 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 The best news in the world is that there is no conflict between your greatest possible happiness and God’s perfect holiness. [...]

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Free Bibleworks8 Software?

Would you like a free copy of Bibleworks8? I know I sure would! It would be especially helpful if I start seminary soon as planned. Fellow blogger Nathan W. Bingham over at Cal.vini.st (Cool url!) is offering a way to get this software…for free! Want in on this? Find out how to register to win: [...]

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Fatherhood: Appreciation, Humility, Ministry, Reflections

Another year. Another Father’s Day. A useless holiday that we made up to spur the economy i.e. to get people to spend money. That’s just about what I used to think anyways. Not so much anymore. Today when I think of Father’s Day I think of my father, myself as a father and my heavenly [...]

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Who Is Watching Your Life?

Ride to Live, Live to Ride is the motto you’ll find on biker t-shirts. It’s really a cool saying. The motto can be changed to reflect whatever is primary in your life from riding motorcycles to sports to your job. In reality the motto is about self. The primacy of me we might say. So [...]

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Alcholism Vs Legalism

If you’ve read my testimony you’ll see that I grew up in a legalistic religion. I could never be good enough. I was the on the receiving end of the the never ending road of legalism. Whether it was a cuss word or a beer, I was done.

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Should “Celebrity” Pastors Offer Disclaimers?

Warning. Caution. Disclaimer. These are popular words. We see them on everything and everywhere today. They are good, bad, indifferent and life saving. Should we have something of those words at our Christian conferences where “celebrity” pastors and theologians speak? Maybe. There are many good, Gospel-centered conferences offered these days. I was at one of [...]

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IssuesEtc on Free Will

This is an interesting discussion by some Lutheran pastors on free-will and salvation. They even discuss Roman Catholic and Protestant differences. One of the questions at about the 20 minute mark by email was concerning God’s foreknowledge. It was along the lines of if God knows what you’re going to eat for dinner is it [...]

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