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[29 May 2011 | 2 Comments | 96 views]
Christopher

Here is a link to Christopher’s site. Check out his videos. His story give hope for homosexuals.
Here is a news release from Moody Bible Institute.

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[11 Mar 2011 | One Comment | 82 views]
facebook

I hear a lot of people who complain about social media—you know—Facebook, Twitter, etc. I know social media can be used for bad things. I know many are suspicious social media are a waste of time and create friction between people. I’m sure they can and do… because the people who use them are sinners so they are capable of things like wasting time and getting into friction—but my personal perspective is different.
I like social media when it’s used right. I am into people. Sometimes I like to hole-up …

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[24 Jan 2011 | 5 Comments | 382 views]
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Imagine with me you have a very, very wealthy unmarried, aged aunt. She calls you one day and says; “Can you come over for tea there is something I want to talk with you about.”
You did have other plans but you make time in your schedule for her. I mean, after all, she’s lonely and she’s your favorite aunt, and well, you know, she’s wealthy.
When you get to her home she has tea set up on the veranda. She pours some in your cup and …

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[20 Jan 2011 | One Comment | 94 views]
VW

When I was a college student I developed a taste for music that was not honoring to God or consistent with the things I professed to believe. One wintry night I decided to make my way to the mall and visit a music store to buy an album of music that I really should not have bought.
I drove to the mall and bought the album. I was eager to get back to the dorm where I could listen to my new album on my record player. Walking out of …

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[16 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 121 views]
Alternate-McLaren1

There is never really anything new about new heresy (doctrinal infidelity, false teaching). It’s just new packaging and new arrangement of old, deadly, toxic, lies. Satan is a liar. He uses lies to kill all that is good and right and true and beautiful. In a recent article on the GARBC website I found a helpful post about one such book. It’s worth reading. You can read it here. The author is Mike Whittmer. You can read more on his blog here. Here is another good review, from which I …

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[11 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 62 views]
book burning

All the talk lately has been about Pastor Terry Jones who is calling on people to burn the Koran. I doubt these tactics are going to stop Islam in it’s tracks. Now Muslims are all up in arms and threatening great violence. We shouldn’t be like them.
I say don’t waste your time burning the Koran. Such theatrics are cheap publicity stunts, not courageous acts. They are carnival acts, not acts of devotion.
Read the Bible and teach it, proclaim it. It is living and powerful. It is life-changing. It …

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[13 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 283 views]
Route 2

Route 2 is one of Michigan’s most scenic highways. It runs west of St. Ignace in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the north shore of Lake Michigan. The scenery is broken periodically when the stunning, vast blue of the great freshwater ocean bursts into view south of the highway.
Travis Brown would be 24 this summer, but the summer of his twelfth year his parents took him on a vacation in the Upper Peninsula and just off scenic Route 2 in on the north edge of Lake Michigan, within site of …

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[5 Mar 2008 | 2 Comments | 8 views]

John MacArthur’s Pastor’s Conference is being broadcast live. MacArthur is willing to say some powerful and courageous things few others are willing to say. If you get a chance this is a valuable opportunity to listen in on a great conference. If you can, get a copy of John MacArthur’s opening message.

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[14 Feb 2008 | 16 Comments | 350 views]

Here are some thoughts I have written after reading “If Grace is True” and “If God is Love” by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland.
I think Phillip Gulley has a kind heart and a clouded mind. Philip Gulley is a nice guy with a great sense of humor who has written some wonderful books-but he stopped. He didn’t stop writing well and he didn’t stop getting books published. While the quality of his writing as continued, perhaps even improved, his theology has become corrupted in dangerous …

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[12 Feb 2008 | 2 Comments | 19 views]

Have you seen the Nooma videos? They are hip, but are they helpful? They are cool, but are they correct? They are trendy, but are they true?
Shepherds at heart are always on the alert for danger and there is nothing as dangerous as spiritual danger. The virgin birth matters. The authority of Scripture matters. A right understanding of the atonement matters. A clear undersatnding and presentation of the Gospel matters. Truth matters. Truth must trump style. For those of you who have an interest in truth and discernment here are …