Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Matthew Poole: "Why did God so severely punish Saul for so small an offence...?"

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Note:  My sermon Sunday morning was  What hast thou done? (1 Samuel 13) on the rejection of Saul.  Here is the conclusion of the message th...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Text and Translation Note on Jude 1:3

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The issue: An issue here is whether or not to include the personal pronoun “our” ( hemon ). The traditional text omits it, while the modern...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Spiritual Thoughts on a Bird's Nest

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I was out pruning the Bradford Pear trees that line my yard this afternoon and discovered this nest and these eggs hidden in the branches. ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Vision (5/26/11): The Mandate of Local Church Membership

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Image:  CRBC's home education co-op group and their families took a field trip to the farm of one of our attending families in Madison ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sermon of the Week: Michael Barrett on the Tradition, Text, and Translation of the KJV

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In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible (1611-2011), Dr. Michael Barret of Geneva Reformed Seminary i...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Piety of "Stonewall" Jackson: Part Six: Time Steward

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Dabney describes a typical day for Jackson in his pre-war days in Lexington (pp. 119-120): 1. Dawn: “He always rose at dawn; and his first...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Word Magazine (5/23/11): The Overlooked Problem with Camping: Rapture Teaching

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I recorded another Word Magazine commentary titled:  "The Overlooked Problem with Camping:  Rapture Teaching."   Though many have...

Who wrote Jude?

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Who wrote the book of Jude? The little book begins, “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James….” (1:1). I. We know three thing...
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Rapturefail.org

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You can track the failure of Camping's end times prophecy at http://www.rapturefail.org/ . Does Deuteronomy 18:20 apply? JTR
Friday, May 20, 2011

White-Camping Dialogue

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For those interested in the current stir about Harold Camping of Family Radio and his prediction of the Rapture this Saturday (May 21), you...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Vision (5/19/11): Saul and Christ

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Image:  Fellowship at CRBC after morning worship last Lord's Day (May 15, 2011) Note: Our current Lord’s Day morning sermon series at C...
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The Piety of "Stonewall" Jackson: Part Five: Body Steward

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Dabney describes Jackson’s typically self-disciplined oversight of his physical appetite and bodily health. He describes Jackson as a “valet...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Trinity, the Deity of Christ, and Prayer

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Our Tuesday men’s group is still working our way through Robert Reymond’s A New Systematic Theology . Yesterday we were in the chapter on th...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

New Book Review Page

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"...of making many books there is no end..." (Ecclesiastes 12:12) "...when thou comest, bring...the books, but especially t...

MacArthur on Jude

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I started reading John MacArthur's little book on Jude titled Beware the Pretenders (Victor, 1980) as a companion to preaching through ...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Text and Translation Note: Jude 1:1

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I began a series of Lord’s Day afternoon expositions yesterday at CRBC on the book of Jude and was struck by a word order difference in vari...
Friday, May 13, 2011

Word Magazine (5/12/11): Christians and the Arts: Love God, and do what you want?

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Image:  "The Garage" in downtown Charlottesville I had been thinking of creating an occassional commentary on theological, doctri...

The Vision (5/12/11): Preparing for Worship

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My family recently read through Bruce Ray’s book Celebrating the Sabbath: Finding Rest in a Restless World (P & R, 20000). The book clo...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Piety of "Stonewall" Jackson: Part Four: Man of Prayer (Continued)

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Dabney relays how Jackson once spoke with a Christian friend who asked “can one be always praying?”: He answered that if it might be permit...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The Piety of "Stonewall" Jackson: Part Four: Man of Prayer

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In Life and Campaigns , Dabney present Jackson as a consummate man of prayer, both publicly and privately. His local church in Lexington ha...