Friday, July 05, 2013

Book Note: W. Gary Crampton's "A Concise Theology of Karl Barth"

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W. Gary Crampton, A Concise Theology of Karl Barth (Whitefield Media, 2012):  103 pp. Karl Barth is considered by many to be th...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

The Vision (7/4/13): July 4: A Day for "solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty"

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American founding Father John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail on July 3, 1776 regarding the adoption of The Declaration of Independenc...
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Independence Day Thoughts

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Over a leisurely breakfast this morning before heading out to celebrate Independence Day this afternoon and evening, we read aloud T...

An ancient letter on infanticide

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Here’s another snippet from Rodney Stark’s The Rise of Christianity , which includes an oft-cited ancient letter from a husband (Hilarion)...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Another window into infanticide in the pre-Christian world

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I started reading Anthony Everitt’s Augustus:  The Life of Rome’s First Emperor (Random House, 2006).  Given Stark’s discussion of ...
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Thomas Vincent on the duties of wives and husbands flowing from the Fifth Commandment

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Note:  I am continuing a Sunday afternoon series through the Baptist Catechism's exposition of the Ten Commandments.   Last Sunday...
Monday, July 01, 2013

Stark, Infanticide, and Loving One's Neighbor

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Note:   I preached Sunday on Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37).   In the applications, I drew from Rodney Stark’s The...
Friday, June 28, 2013

The Cross and the Jukebox

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    While I was reading the article by Russell Moore on this week's Supreme Court decisions that I used in this week's Visio...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

The Vision (6/27/13): Russell Moore: Your Church and the Same Sex Marriage Decisions

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Note:   The following online article was posted on June 26, 2013 to the website of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Ishmael's Mocking: Paul's application of Genesis 21:9 in Galatians 4:29

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Note:  Here are some notes from my exposition of Galatians 4:29 in my sermon on Galatians 4:21-31.   And Sarah saw the son of Hagar t...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

John Brown on the trials of the ministry

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Note:  Below is one of the points of application from my sermon on Galatians 4:12-20. "Am I therefore become your enemy, becau...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Thomas Vincent on the duties of children and parents flowing from the Fifth Commandment

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In my Sunday afternoon exposition of Spurgeon's revision of the Baptist Catechism, I have been making frequent use of Thomas Vincent...
Friday, June 21, 2013

The Vision (6/20/13): 2013 VBS Reflections: David and Jesus

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  Image:  Scene from singing time at VBS We completed our 2013 CRBC “Puritan” Vacation Bible School today.   We had a great time ...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Vision (6/13/13): Fathers, provoke not your children

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One of the most timely and striking news stories that appeared in this week before Father’s Day was one from a Richmond, Virginia telev...
Thursday, June 06, 2013

The Vision (6/6/13): They will know we are Christians...

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    I’ve recently been reading a book titled The Rise of Christianity (Princeton University Press/HarperOne, 1996) by Rodney Stark....
Thursday, May 30, 2013

The Vision (5/30/13): An Affectionate Admonition: "For I stand in doubt of you."

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Note:   Here are some notes from last Sunday’s sermon “An Enemy Because of the Truth” (Galatians 4:12-20) expositing the passage’s closi...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Vision (5/23/13): Lard or Ice Cream?

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  Note:   In preaching last Sunday on Galatians 4:8-11, I drew this analogy in the exposition of v. 9 on Paul’s frustration over Gal...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Vision (5/16/13): An Heir of God Through Christ

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Note:   Here are my sermon notes from the closing application of last Sunday morning’s sermon on Galatians 4:1-7: “Wherefore thou ar...
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