Entries from February 2009
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 [...]
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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).
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Posted in Suffering, The Persecuted Church
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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 [...]
Posted in Suffering, The Persecuted Church
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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. [...]
Posted in Abortion, President Obama
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Church, Church History, Controversy, Cornelius Van Til, Theology
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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 [...]
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February 9, 2009
National Petition to Stop FOCA
Download it Now!
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(HT: National Right to Life)
Posted in Abortion, FOCA, Freedom of Choice Act
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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 [...]
Posted in Audio, J.C. Ryle, MP3, Media
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Posted in The Shack
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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February 6, 2009
Evangelism Photo Video – Go Hard from Shane Trammel on Vimeo.
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Posted in Evangelism, Lacrae, Media, Music, Photography
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