Entries from February 2009

Africa’s misplaced excitment about Barack Obama — Conrad Mbewe

Date February 28, 2009

Conrad Mbewe writes on Africa’s misplaced excitment about Barack Obama.
You cannot help but love Conrad Mbewe, who pastors a church in Zambia. Not only does he have a strong South African accent, and a comforting preaching style, he is a good expositor of Scripture and strongly stands for God’s Word.

Also, consider listening to this [...]

Free Calfskin ESV Study Bible

Date February 27, 2009

Check out this post by David Porter, where he is giving away one free Calfskin Premium Leather ESV Study Bible (retail: $239).

D. A. Carson: Making Sense of Suffering

Date February 26, 2009

D. A. Carson at Omaha Bible Church on Making Sense of Suffering.
Dr Carson spoke 3 times on Saturday on the topic of Making Sense of Suffering. The messages were not stand alone but rather they built upon each other. Carson gave us 6 theological pillars for understanding suffering. Carson helped us to see suffering [...]

Walk in their Shoes — “What would it be like to Walk in their Shoes?”

Date February 25, 2009

Open Doors believes that every Christian who is persecuted should be remembered and supported by other Christians. One way that you can help is to buy a pair of “Walk in their Shoes” shoelaces.
The funds will go towards financially supporting and raising awareness of the THOUSANDS of ’secret’ persecuted Christians. To visit the [...]

The Persecuted Church — The Church at Brook Hills Secret Church

Date February 25, 2009

Welcome to Secret Church. Close the door behind you and step quietly. Here in this secluded place, under cover of night, we join together to study God’s Word, the Bible, and to identify with our brothers and sisters in Christ who are persecuted even now in countless places around the world.
Right now, more than 200 [...]

EMILY’s List — Working to Elect Pro-Choice Democratic Women

Date February 19, 2009

From the Emily’s List web site:

Women We Helped Elect:
EMILY’s List wins elections. Since our founding, we have helped elect 79 pro-choice Democratic women members of Congress, 15 senators, 9 governors, and hundreds of women to state and local office.
EMILY’s List has also become one of the largest financial resource for minority women seeking federal office. [...]

Urgent Matter of Prayer — President Obama’s Circle of Death

Date February 18, 2009

“While the media spent much of December and January chattering about the selection of mega-church pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation, Obama was quietly filling his administration with members of the abortion lobby. NARAL’s former legal director, Dawn Johnsen, will serve as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. Secretary of [...]

Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman

Date February 12, 2009

It’s only recently that I have started reading biographies of preachers, theologians, pastors, etc. It has been a great joy to read biographies on Spurgeon, Edwards, Lloyd-Jones, Machen, Owen, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Bunyan, Brainerd, Wilberforce, Newton, Pink, and now Van Til.
It has been a blessing to gain insight into who these men were and their [...]

Free Book — Martyn Lloyd-Jones – Preacher

Date February 10, 2009

The following links will point you to a free electronic copy of the book Martyn Lloyd Jones – Preacher by John Peters. Rich Text Format | Word Format

From the Martyn Lloyd-Jones Recordings Trust
Martyn Lloyd-Jones was possibly the greatest British preacher of the twentieth century. His ministry at Westminster Chapel and his writings earned him respect [...]

National Petition to Stop the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)

Date February 9, 2009

National Petition to Stop FOCA
Download it Now!

Letter Size (8.5 x 11)
Legal Size (8.5 x 14)

(HT: National Right to Life)

True Christianity — J.C. Ryle

Date February 8, 2009

True Christianity (MP3)
(J. C. Ryle, “What Is Needed?” 1895)
(1) True Christianity has always taught the inspiration, sufficiency, and supremacy of Holy Scripture. It has told men that “God’s written Word” is the only trustworthy rule of faith and practice in religion; that God requires nothing to be believed that is not in this [...]

John Piper — You Must Suffer

Date February 8, 2009

John Piper – You Must Suffer from I’ll Be Honest on Vimeo.
From John Owen’s “The Glory of Christ”:
“WE MAY, in the next place, behold the glory of Christ, with respect to His office, in the actings of God toward Him after His discharge of it in this world, in His own exaltation.
These are the two [...]

The Shack Reviews

Date February 8, 2009

Written Reviews
Shack Attack-or A Call To Discernment by Wayne Elliott.  Downloadable .pdf here.
Uncovering The Shack by Dr. Michael Youseff.
“The Shack” by William P. Young by Tim Challies. A downloadable more comprehensive review in .pdf here.
(Tim Challies’ review may be the most comprehensive and popular to date.)
The Faulty Foundations of The Shack part 1, part [...]

January 1973

Date February 8, 2009

abor·tion (ə-bôr’shən) noun
The termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus; especially: the medical procedure of inducing expulsion of a human fetus to terminate a pregnancy. (Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.)
Abortion is one of the most common surgical procedures in the world, but [...]

Tell President Obama You Oppose the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)

Date February 8, 2009

President Obama promised that a top priority of his administration would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) into law and eliminate all common-sense abortion laws nationwide. Even if FOCA isn’t brought up right away, the President and Congress can eliminate many federal abortion laws such as restrictions on federal funding for [...]

Evangelism Photo Video with Music from Lacrae’s Rebel CD

Date February 6, 2009

Evangelism Photo Video – Go Hard from Shane Trammel on Vimeo.
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