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Perspectives on Death and Dying: Decisions at End of Life – Dr. Gilbert Meilaender

November 28, 2011

[http://www.sbts.edu/resources/lectures/gheens/perspective-on-death-and-dying-decisions-at-end-of-life/] I suppose the title of this message says it all.  How are we as Christians supposed to think about end of life decisions? In this

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Reflections

November 28, 2011

I came across these statistics from David Well's book Losing Our Virtue (p. 44).  Having studied a large number of modern hymnbooks, he cites these statistics below.  Wells states that these

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Why Sophia's Baptism Matters

November 24, 2011

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo1-e1322190145633.jpg] Sophia  is a wonderful little baby. She is bright eyed, taking in the world around her. When the psalms are sung in worship

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Our Pilgrim Heritage

November 23, 2011

This past Lord's Day was a rich one in our congregation.  In the morning we had a baptism of a covenant child, where our featured text was Isaiah 59:21, which

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He Left Not the Work

November 17, 2011

What if in the late 1800's missionaries were sent to a foreign field and began seeing success? What if in the middle of last century an atheistic government drove all the

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believer's baptism

CredoBaptism, The New Covenant, and The Warnings of Scripture

November 16, 2011

In a recent blog entry entitled, “Why I Am a Credobaptist,” Justin Taylor referenced Stephen Wellum’s essay in the book “Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ,” saying, “His

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Biblical Training

Audio Buffet

November 14, 2011

Anytime two figures like John Piper and R.C. Sproul sit down to discuss and reflect on their ministries, one must perk up and pay attention.  During this hour-and-a-half Q and A session

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Female Heart

November 11, 2011

A few weeks ago, in sharing about speaking at a women's retreat, I used the term "female heart."  Some comments on the post suggested concern about this phrase which

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Reasons For Faith

November 09, 2011

Dr.Stephen Meyer [http://www.stephencmeyer.org/]sat down with R. C. Sproul last year for a wide ranging discussion about the integration of faith and science. The Intelligent Design movement is gaining

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Christian humor

You Might Be An RPer If...

November 04, 2011

[http://reformedpresbyterian.org/]If your child hears the tune to Amazing Grace and thinks 3A, you might be an RPer. If your pastor refers to John Calvin at least twice in a sermon,

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An A Capella Fella

November 01, 2011

Often when those of us in the Reformed Presbyterian Church are asked about our worship practices (someone just called me on the phone last week to do so), we can get a bit

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A Christian Psychology Of And Response To Homosexuality – Sam Williams

October 31, 2011

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-christian-psychology-of/id132458157?i=102148218 Not long ago, Justin Taylor [http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2011/10/21/the-best-introduction-to-homosexuality-causes-change-and-the-gospel/] highlighted a lecture by Sam Williams, saying, “This is

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National Covenanting: A Realistic Solution for the Economy?

October 26, 2011

I’ve been thinking about the current economic crisis, and whether the Covenanter doctrine of National Covenanting is for such a time as this. I thought I would post some of those thoughts

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Architecture

Culture, Contradictions & the Cross

October 25, 2011

In the Worldview class I am teaching in our church's academy, which is based on materials from Summit Ministries, we have been looking at postmodernism and its influence on culture.  Through

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Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Communion of the Saints

October 22, 2011

"Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner. Sometimes I feel like my only friend is the city I live in, the city of angels, Lonely as I am,

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Stronger Women

October 21, 2011

At the Women's Retreat last week, I borrowed an idea from Jeremiah Burrough's work on contentment and gave the following definition to the ladies. The quiet strength of a

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Generous Justice - Tim Keller

October 21, 2011

[http://thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/generous_justice]While reading the twentieth chapter of Acts, meditating again on Paul’s farewell address to the elders at Ephesus, I was struck by Paul’s emphasis

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prayer

Strong Women

October 12, 2011

On the refrigerator in the kitchen at Sycamore, a magnet once held a card given to us by a former member.  On the front was a picture of some middle-aged men dressed in

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Christology 101 – James White

October 11, 2011

[http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php?itemid=4812]Every now and again, I swing over to Alpha and Omega Ministries to see what James White is up to.  If you didn’t

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Bigger Bloggers

October 05, 2011

Our children like to tell the joke, "Who is bigger?  Daddy Bigger, Mommy Bigger, or Baby Bigger?"  The answer?  "Baby Bigger.  He's a little Bigger." As baby

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Finish the Mission: For the Joy of All Peoples - 2011 DG National Conference

October 03, 2011

I just finished listening to this year’s Desiring God National Conference, and I must say that it was excellent! While each speaker spoke with passion and shed light upon the church’s

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Lord's Day Deeds of Mercy

September 29, 2011

Every year on the first Lord's Day of October, our church joins others in the area for the annual Life Chain.  For an hour or so in the afternoon along busy

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Stephen Charnock- On the Power of God

September 27, 2011

"The power of God in creation requires not those degrees of admiration, as in redemption.  In creation, the world was erected from nothing; as there was nothing to act, so there was

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Interview: Bill VanDoodewaard, Author

September 22, 2011

Bill VanDoodewaard serves as Associate Professor of Church History at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.  Recently Bill's doctoral work was published by Reformation Heritage Books under the title The Marrow Controversy and

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Smiling

September 20, 2011

With so much sadness and gloom in the world,  it is important to see and to savor a bit the moments that make us smile.  Such as... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you know our church plant

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