Bittersweet Farm
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”
06:00 PM
Tom Graef; Acts 18
11:00 AM
Ken Pierpont; Malachi
“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.
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)
Dr. Kevin Bauder has been speaking at the GARBC Annual Conference this week. Each evening he has opened his message with comments about GARBC history. Very worthwhile:
GARBC History Number One:
GARBC History Number Two:
GARBC History Number Three:
As usual my brother Kevin has a well-organized page of links for the conference audio here:
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