Month March 2009

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“Losers in the contraceptive lottery”

The words above are a part of a statement used to describe pregnant women. It was said by President Obama’s nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel. Dawn Johnson has served as counsel to NARAL – The National Abortion…

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A Truly Bad Idea

As many of you know the Obama administration is proposing a reduction in the amount of charitable giving that Americans earning $250,000 can deduct from their taxes. We are left to wonder what is the justification for such a truly…

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“The King of the Jews”

So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side,…

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Blog 62: 2.8.8 – 2.8.14

There is more to obedience to God’s commandments than meets the eye!  Calvin’s reason?  The law is full of synecdoche.  Synecdoche?–that un-spellable figure of speech from High School English in which the whole of something is used to refer to…

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Have Your Kids Read

My youngest son has read four of these volumes and is looking forward to the fifth. They are excellent introductions to great lives in church history. There is also a Ten Girls series.

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Jesus in the Flesh (3)

I was prompted to write these posts because of an exchange I had with Dr. Kent Sparks of Eastern University about the nature of Christ’s humanity. You can read the post and following comment thread HERE.It seems clear from the…

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Congratulations Sean!

News has filtered out that our own Sean Lucas has received and accepted a call as the Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (PCA). Brian Chapell released a formal note offering his congratulations on behalf of Covenant Seminary…

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David Robertson on British radio

David Robertson sent me this link today of a recent interview he did on Premier Radio in London with the atheist blogger, Adrian Hayter. The program lasts 90 mins or so but what is interesting is the level of ignorance and…