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AT&T iPhone vs. BlackBerry Comparison

Jul 5, 2008 | Technology

Even though being a Blackberry user, I’m still intrigued by the iPhone and especially now that it will have push technology.  Here’s a quick rater comparison. AT&T iPhone vs. BlackBerry Comparison: Data Rates | BlackBerry... read more

Remembering Why We Are Here

Jul 4, 2008 | Education

I remember visiting Union Seminary a few years ago.  As soon as they heard I and the brothers with me were Southern Baptists, they literally stopped talking to us.  In this report, Dr. Mohler notes the latest statistics of Union’s grads and reminds us of the importance of the local church in the very purpose of the seminary. Inside.SBTS.edu » Remembering Why We Are... read more

Creating a Life Plan

Jul 3, 2008 | Time/Life Management

Michael Hyatt, CEO for Thomas Nelson, describes his approach to developing a life plan.  Keeping the sovereignty of God in mind and maintaining a humble attitude without presumption on God, I think it is a good and wise thing for us to be more intentional about our life. Creating a Life Plan – Michael... read more

Conservatives say not quitting Anglican Communion

Jul 1, 2008 | General Theology

The African Anglicans are holding firm to the authority of Scripture and proclaim an American Bishop to be apostate and the Anglican leadership of the West to preach a false gospel.  Wow!  May their tribe increase. Conservatives say not quitting Anglican Communion – Yahoo!... read more

How to Listen to a Sermon

Jun 29, 2008 | Preaching

Every year I try to preach one sermon on how to listen to a sermon. Today is that day for this year. While every sermon should contain some rehearsal of the gospel, it is also true that the gospel should be that which causes us to listen effectively to a sermon. How the gospel should affect our listening to sermons is the content of my message this evening. Eventually you will be able to listen to it on our sermon audio site. In addition to my comments this evening, I found these suggestions from George Whitfield to be helpful: How to Listen to a Sermon by George Whitefield Keys for getting the most out of what the preacher says Jesus said, ‘Therefore consider carefully how you listen’ (Luke 8:18). Here are some cautions and directions, in order to help you hear sermons with profit and advantage. 1. Come to hear them, not out of curiosity, but from a sincere desire to know and do your duty. To enter His house merely to have our ears entertained, and not our hearts reformed, must certainly be highly displeasing to the Most High God, as well as unprofitable to ourselves. 2. Give diligent heed to the things that are spoken from the Word of God. If an earthly king were to issue a royal proclamation, and the life or death of his subjects entirely depended on performing or not performing its conditions, how eager would they be to hear what those conditions were! And shall we not pay the same respect to the King of kings, and Lord of lords, and lend... read more

Gates moves on

Jun 27, 2008 | Technology

Interesting article on Bill Gates final day as Microsoft’s head honcho – and the way Microsoft will work when he’s gone. Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps ‘quests’ alive – Yahoo!... read more

Thoughts From Founding Brothers

Jun 26, 2008 | Presidential History

Recently I finished reading Joseph P. Ellis’ Founding Brothers. It is an excellent look into some of the most fundamental relationships and issues that shaped our country in its formative years. Here are a few excerpts I found interesting from the book: What in retrospect has the look of a foreordained unfolding of God’s will was in reality an improvisational affair in which sheer chance, pure luck – both good and bad – and specific decisions made in the crucible of specific military and political crises determined the outcome (5). So is Ellis’ attempt to rub deity out of the nation’s historic beginnings. Obviously, Ellis is not writing from a biblical perspective. Instead, he chastises the Founder’s religious outlook from a purely secular world-view. Here’s how I think this should be re-written: What in retrospect has the look of sheer chance, pure luck – both good and bad – and specific decisions made in the crucible of specific military and political crises was in reality a foreordained unfolding of God’s will that determined the outcome. Ah – the very look of God’s providence every time. Regarding Aaron Burr: His grandfather, the great theologian Jonathan Edwards, had once said that we were all depraved creatures, mere spiders hanging precariously over a never-ending fire. But Burr’s entire life had been a sermon on the capacity of the sagacious spider to lift himself out of hellish difficulties and spin webs that trapped others (21). Compare this to Ian Murray’s account from his biography of Jonathan Edwards: “In a career as a soldier, lawyer, and politician – becoming Vice President of the United... read more

Don’t Bother Asking About the Gospel

Jun 25, 2008 | Culture, Presidential History

Don’t bother wasting time discussing the gospel – that’s the sense you get when reading the quotes from the more liberally aligned Obama supporters who express their regret that more weighty issues were not dealt with during a recent meeting with the presumptive Democratic nominee for President.  It seems however, that Obama took the time to answer gospel oriented questions – whether you agree or disagree with his answers. Pastors Focus On Faith, Morals In Private Meeting –... read more

Ed Stetzer on Multicultural Churches

Jun 24, 2008 | Ecclesiology, Evangelism

Ed Stetzer notes that multi-ethnic is not necessarily the same thing as multi-cultural.  Stetzer blazes through (wow he talks fast) issues related to being a truly multi-cultural church. Question, if you are in fact reaching the people in the community of which your local church resides (whether it is multi-ethnic or not), are you a single-cultural church and is that then bad?  I’m going to watch the video again to focus on how a single congregation in Hemet, California can be multi-cultural. adrianwarnock.com: VIDEO – Ed Stetzer Interview – Contextualization and Multicultural... read more

The Presbyterians Giveth, the Presbyterians Taketh Away

Jun 23, 2008 | Ecclesiology, Eschatology, General Theology

Beyond what this article says about the more politically liberal position and imbalanced public stance among the Presbyterian church’s hierarchy, the article shows a fairly large divide between the grass roots churches and the denomination’s official governing leadership. The Presbyterians Giveth, the Presbyterians Taketh Away | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical... read more

Where Are the Faithful?

Jun 21, 2008 | General Theology

Here’s an excerpt from what I thought was one of the most powerful messages of the 2008 Together for the Gospel Conference. Where are the faithful men? I needed to hear this again tonight! more about “Where Are the Faithful?“, posted with... read more

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