Noah Webster’s “Truth”

JP: Dr. Del Tackett cited Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language in the Truth Project video that we viewed last night.

This dictionary is online and is fully searchable: here:
Consider how that dictionary defined truth!
TRUTH, n.

Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth [...]

Swine Flu prevention tip

Don’t do this!
Sent to me by my nurse Sister in Law! More (on the humorous side):
Test: Do you have the swine flu?

On “dirtying up” your whole Bible

JP: Jay Adams on the “anti-spine” of your Bible.
What Size Is Your Bible?
Excerpt:
Because we all know what the “spine” of a book is; but whad’ja call the opposite part? You know, the part that you flip with your fingers? For the sake of a better term, let’s call it the “anti-spine.” OK?
We’ll, here’s how [...]

Wediculous, vewy wetched and wepwehensible

JP: Pyromaniacs: Manly Men.
Excerpts:
Lots of people are talking these days about the church’s failure to reach men. The problem is an old one. To a large degree it is rooted in the eighteenth-century tendency of post-puritan preachers to temper hard truths and cushion the message as much as possible.
Victorian-era preachers added an extra layer of [...]

Influenza: “Nature’s Bioterrorist”

poster from the 1918 “Spanish”flu pandemic
JP: Albert Mohler on hope and caring in a time of sickness. Please read the the entire article as the section quoted is a little bleak!
Love in a Time of Swine Flu
Excerpt:
The history of humanity is the history of sickness, disease, and death. When sin came, death came, [...]

Spiritual weight training

JP: Another take on Romans 5:1-8. I like what he writes about tribulation:
tribulation is a set of training weights
Excerpt:
The word glory is fascinating, and helps us to understand its relationship to tribulation. Though they are different words in the Greek, notice that we glory in tribulation now as we look forward to the coming glory. [...]

“swords into plowshares”

JP: Kathee and I read Micah chapters 3 and 4 tonight in our regular Bible time. In our reading was Micah 4:3
He shall judge between many peoples,
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
[...]

Developing Discernment

JP: Article by Charles Stanley:
Developing Discernment
We live in a fast-paced world that demands instant results. For many people, waiting has become a lost art. God’s way of maturing us in our faith is quite different. The character qualities that He values take time to develop.
Discernment is a trait that does not come instantaneously. Rather, [...]

Swine flu redux

Changes are happening all around us and with change comes uncertainty! For example:
Work: Recently my employer merged with another large bank and we are in the process of merging processes, personnel, and systems. Every other week or so there is another organizational announcement. Just last week my manager of three years moved to another area [...]

Truth Project (4/29/09)

Reminder: This week’s Bible study will be at the Peets’ home in Plymouth
When: Wednesday night 4/29/09
Time: 7:00 pm
What: Video # 1 of The Truth Project
How long: The video is 1 hr in length. Please arrive by 7:00 p.m.