Thursday, July 30, 2009

Wayland on Baptism and the Lord's Supper

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Wayland explains why Baptists practice "restricted communion," not allowing pedopbaptists to partake in the Lord's Supper: We...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Wayland on Sermon Length

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Francis Wayland's views on sermon length: A word may be said respecting the length of sermons. Cecil remarks that a written sermon shoul...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Wayland on Baptist "Sabbath Services" c. mid 19th century

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Wayland offered these observations on "Sabbath services" in Baptist churches in mid-19th century New England: Our services in the ...
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Friday, July 24, 2009

Francis Wayland on the Value of Mid-week Meetings

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Photo: Francis Wayland (1796-1865) Francis Wayland in Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptist Churches (1857): These meetings ar...

Unlikely Disciple

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I ran across an announcement for the book Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose (Grand Central Publishing, 2009), a Brown University student wh...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Joel Beeke on Practical Reasons for Retaining the KJV

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PRACTICAL REASONS FOR RETAINING THE KJV Thirteen practical reasons for retaining the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. By Dr. Joel R. B...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Locavore?

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Though the Riddles have by no means gone "locavore," we have enjoyed eating fresh vegetables (yes, even Llewellyn) from our garde...
Monday, July 20, 2009

In Memoriam: Howard Anderson (1943-2009)

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Yesterday (Sunday, July 19, 2009) I led in one of the most difficult funeral services I think I have ever had to do as a Pastor. My dear fri...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Boston on Growing in Christ

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Last Sunday I made reference in my sermon to Thomas Boston’s analogy of growth that should be expected in the Christian’s life: Though ever...
Monday, July 13, 2009

Spring 2009 Evangelical Forum Newsletter

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The hardcopy of the Spring 2009 (yes, we know its already July, thank you very much!) Evangelical Forum Newsletter went out in the mail las...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

In Memoriam: John Calvin (1509-1564)

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Tomorrow (Friday, July 10th) will mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. Calvin was born in Noyon, Picardy, France in 1509....
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Codex Sinaiticus Online

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About 800 pages of Codex Sinaiticus have been posted online. Here's a BBC article . I looked at a few pages including the ending of Mark...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Exposition of Jude: Part 17 of 25

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Note: This is a series of occasional verse by verse expositions of Jude. Jude 1:17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken b...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

VBS 2009 at JPBC

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We completed our visit to Rome last week with VBS at Jefferson Park. Above are some of the youth, students, and adults who worked throughout...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

SBC Politics and Driscoll Criticism

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One of the things noticed at the SBC were motions brought from the floor (all of which except for the Great Commission Resurgence one were s...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A Transformed Hope

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Romans 8:15: For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

2009 SBC Meeting Underway

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The Southern Baptist Convention is meeting this week in Louisville, KY. I am staying home to participate in Vacation Bible School at JPBC. ...

The Afterglow of Father's Day

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Sunday was Father's Day and God reminded me again of the five incredible blessings he has given me. "As arrows in the hand of mig...

Brewers are Cove Creek Minor League Champions!

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Friday evening we were back at Cove Creek Park where Sam pitched three of six innings in a playoff game (combining with a team-mate for a o...

Washington DC Trip

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Wow! We have done a lot over the last week. On Thursday-Friday we went to Washington, DC and visited the National Zoo, the Mall and Memor...