JP: 2 blog entries from Paul Harmon
The dollar continues to fall
We have lost ten percent of our income during this time. The current exchange rate as of this morning at a well known exchange house was 1 Dollar to 19.30 Uruguayan Pesos.
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So what does that mean for us? It means that our initial Outfit and [...]
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Universalism is the belief that holds all persons and creatures are related to God or the divine and will be reconciled to God. A recent comprehensive study reports that Americans see truth in a range of faiths:
The United States is a nation of believers: most Americans say they believe in God, they pray, and they [...]
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JP: Good post on Christian love by Pastor T. J. Klapperich
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; [...]
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Seven Reasons To Study the Church’s Past
As I’ve I read about the first-century church, I’ve been struck by the blessedness of living in this generation—our generation. As I study the very early Christians I begin to see again just what a legacy we have as Christ followers. The faith as we know it today was [...]
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Beward of Every Kind of Greed
We believer’s know Christ and know in theory the completely transitory nature of all our worldly goods and the express command from Christ not to focus our energies on amassing possessions in this life, but rather to focus on accumulating an ever-growing treasure in heaven. For all that, we nevertheless [...]
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JP: From Warren Vanhetloo
Pray that our gracious God may be honored in every thought, every word, and in every choice we make.
Christians ought to have some clear pattern to follow in making decisions, whether major or minor. We are constantly making choices. Many things we do out of habit, and establishing commendable habits is important [...]
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JP: Good article from John MacArthur. Only intro quoted – see link for full blog entry.
Thinking Biblically
In its simplest definition, discernment is nothing more than the ability to decide between truth and error, right and wrong. Discernment is the process of making careful distinctions in our thinking about truth. In other words, the ability to [...]
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Book Review of Thabiti M. Anyabwile’s New Book by Crossway: What Is A Healthy Church Member?
Anyabwile encourages Christians to perform expositional listening. That is, it is not good enough to attend a church with solid preaching. Believers should be active in listening to the sermon to discern the meaning of the Scripture, accept it, and [...]
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Pickering Books Available for Free Downloadng
Regular Baptist Press has recently released two out-of-print books by Ernest Pickering, available as free downloads.
The Fruit of Compromise (Ernest Pickering, 1980) is a 44-page booklet that evaluates New Evangelicalism by examining their views on doctrine, outreach, separation, view of science, role of women, and beliefs about the inspiration of [...]
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What: Coffee at Mountain Mudd (New Hope)
Where: Map
Who: Anyone who wants to come
When day: Saturday August 16th
When Time: 10:25 a.m. until we want to leave
What’s the Mystery? A mystery guest. Not even my wife knows!
Is the coffee a mystery? No
Who buys: Jim and Kathee
Dress: Formal Saturday morning casual. No PJ’s or robes.
Sign up: RSVP required. [...]
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