Image is The Transfiguration by Raphael
JP: Occasionally I comment on something Kathee and I have read in the Bible. Here’s another one of those!
We have finished the Old Testament and are now in the New. Last night we read Matthew 17 and 18.
Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, [...]
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What: Music in Plymouth
When: After our Bible study on Wednesday July 1st
Details: Connect up at church and make your way there
More details: parking, events, shuttles, etc.
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For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
JP: I found this helpful illustration from Romans, [...]
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Image above is Mattia Preti’s Christ in Glory
JP: Our Bible study this Wednesday (July 1st, 2009) will be from Romans 8:18-30.
My notes are available here (PDF for online viewing or printing).
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Above: Flower of the Laburnum (also called Golden Chain)
JP: Two worthwhile messages on this text:
Benjamin B. Warfield: Election
Excerpt:
Read Rom. viii. 29, 30, and see “the golden chain” which, as a fine old divine, John Arrowsmith, puts it, “God lets down from heaven that by it he may draw up his elect thither.” “For whom he [...]
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JP: A Christian perspective on the “the Celebrity Culture”
Reflections on Jackson, Death, and the Celebrity Culture
Excerpts:
Tim Challies: Michael Jackson was in so many ways a product of this sick celebrity culture (that he helped create) that will never rest satisfied until it has both created and then destroyed the newest celebrity. We want our celebrities [...]
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JP: Worthwhile read by John Piper on TV & movies.
Why I Don’t Have a Television and Rarely Go to Movies
Excerpt:
There are, perhaps, a few extraordinary men who can watch action-packed, suspenseful, sexually explicit films and come away more godly. But there are not many. And I am certainly not one of them.
I have a high [...]
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JP: Room 271 will be our new room effective July 8th. A couple of comments about the room: No food or beverages are allowed in the room and someone needs to straighten the room up after the meeting. I think if we all do our part to reset chairs, pick up after ourselves etc that [...]
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JP: Good read by Chuck Colson.
Chuck Colson: Incentives vs. Virtue
Across the country, school systems are paying children to do better in school. In New York, fourth and seventh graders can get up to $500 for improving their scores on the city’s math and English tests. Schools in Georgia pay eighth and 11th graders $8 an [...]
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We had a very nice picnic at the Tuttle’s home Saturday.
I would like to thank Elizabeth Kain for doing such a super job organizing the picnic! We had great food, refreshing drinks, and delicious desserts. We also had a fun time playing Bocce ball, Whiffleball, throwing lawn darts, and Frisbees.
Thank you Cheryl and [...]
