In every city, and villiage, and berg, and suburb, and township, and county in America the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ rests on the backs of men like Pastor Terry Gibson, men who are called and empowered by God and commissioned for the task of the pastorate. We are spending the week at the church he pastors, First Baptist Church in Portage, Indiana. The men are actually camping out for week in a park-like setting under the stately Maples and Oaks on the chruch property. (I just happen to be using his wireless connection right now) If you get a chance, read his thoughtful blog. You will enjoy it. Hey, I have to go. He made coffee and I can smell it. TTYL.
Leaving Rudy Out
When Hannah was just a little girl I started calling her Rudy – it is a short version of her middle name Ruth. Rudy is the term of endearment I prefer to use for her even though she has now grown to a tall, beautiful young lady with poise inappropriate for a nickname you might expect to use with a ten-year-old red-headed, freckle-faced boy with a missing tooth. [Read more…] about Leaving Rudy Out
Hazard (Pierpont)
I thought you might want to see a picture of the newest member of our “family” This is Heidi’s pup, Hazard. She found him in Kentucky, thus the name.
Tight Times
Here is some good advice from Mr. Rodgers for tight times:
“The farther I travel in life the more I believe that nothing I buy can
Take away my loneliness
Fill my emptiness or
Heal my brokenness.”
— Fred Rogers
Think of that next time you are doing “retail therapy”
Michael and Farrah
“It is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgement.”
Michael Jackson was my age. Farrah Fawcett’s photo was on every other tee-shirt when I was in high school. Both of them are in eternity today. There is a lot of discussion and conjecture about the lives and deaths of these cultural icons, but now they will face the judgement of God as each of us will some day. Fame will not be a factor there. When we face the judgement of God our sin will fall on us or it will fall on the Lord Jesus. When you breathe your last and stand before God will you plead your own righteousness or that of Jesus?
As usual Justin Taylor has compiled a thoughtful post on this subject.
Blasphemy with a Twang
Billy Currington’s new song “People Are Crazy” is a good example of what is bad in so much of country music. It is two parts God, home, and apple pie, and four parts divorce, drunkenness and immorality. This came to my inbox today. What do you think?
“The lyrics of Currington’s popular song describe a conversation between an old man and a younger one in a bar. The old man had lived an unrighteous life, drinking, smoking, divorcing, womanizing, but he and his philosophy of life are applauded in the song. It is repeated in the chorus as follows: “God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy.” The song ends with the younger man putting those words on the old man’s tombstone. Beware of country music. It is of the world, the flesh, and the devil, but its thin veneer of “God and country” makes it palatable to some backslidden Christians. “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul” (1 Peter 2:11).” (David Cloud)
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