Thursday, July 2. 2009
The Spiritual Formation Movement is growing as is interest in the Spiritual Disciplines and the books by Dallas Willard. I have just posted my review of his book, "The Spirit of The Disciplines" on my website. HERE
I encourage you to read it if you want to know more about these topics. There are other new Essays as well.
Wednesday, July 1. 2009
I was going to post an article here about Discrimination in response to the case of the Firefighters in New Haven CT decided on this week by the Supreme Court and the on-going debate in the media about Elderly Drivers. However, I realize that I have already written about Discrimination several times on this Blog.
Therefore, I recommend you read those articles. You can find them by using the Quick Search box in the column to your right. Thanks
Wednesday, July 1. 2009
President Obama has declared, “There is no longer a debate about whether carbon pollution is placing our planet in jeopardy. It’s happening.
No debate? The debate over global warming is more robust than it has been in years, and not only in America. “In April, the Polish Academy of Sciences published a document challenging man-made global warming,’’ Kimberly Strassel noted in The Wall Street Journal the other day. “In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to tap Claude Allegre to lead the country’s new ministry of industry and innovation. Twenty years ago Allegre was among the first to trill about man-made global warming, but the geochemist has since recanted . . . Norway’s Ivar Giaever, Nobel Prize winner for physics, decries it as the ‘new religion.’ ’’
Continue reading "GLOBAL WARMING- NO DEBATE? "
Friday, June 19. 2009
Revelation 13
1 The And I saw a beast rising out of the sea,... 2... And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 3 ... the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 the dragon,... had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying,"Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?" 7 ... And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, ... everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb
11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth....12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast ...14 ...it deceives those who dwell on earth, ... 16 it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Continue reading "BEWARE THE BEASTS"
Wednesday, June 17. 2009
2 John 1:7-11 (English Standard Version)
7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of [about- see v.7] Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching [Doctrine] has both the Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching [Doctrine], do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
Tuesday, June 16. 2009
"Baptism is accepted and practiced, and always has been, by just about every group in whatever place that has called itself Christian. Thus, it is somewhat ironic that a specific Christian group would emerge that would come to be identified as "Baptists." The issue of baptism—who should be baptized and by what method—would become important enough to them that they would endure persecution, social ostracization, even death, if necessary, to maintain their convictions."The first Baptist church was established 400 years ago (some radical Baptists hold that the first Baptist church began at Pentecost and is the true New Testament Church with a history that has extended from 33 AD to the Present. Other groups make the same claim.), Read a brief but good History of the Baptist churches HERE
Continue reading "DOCTRINE MATTERS!"
Tuesday, June 16. 2009
Many if not all of the members of the Episcopal Church I belong to do not know or care and some even deny that historically the Church was a Reformed, Calvinist church which had a very high view of Scripture and required its Clergy to subscribe to both the 39 (Reformed) Articles of Religion in order to be ordained all as well as promise to make preaching of the Word of God to be their first responsiblity as Clergy. This gradually changed over the years. Such changes usually take at least a generation, maybe two. The Church officially was Calvinist until a mere 30 years ago when, in 1979, it adopted a new Book of Common Prayer which dropped the Articles and now contains a very different Religion in many aspects. The folks who joined our church in the last 30 years or who came from other Denominations do not know this. Some even deny it. None of our members, to my knowledge, including our Pastor, are Calvinists today. Indeed, they like to "tease" me about the fact that I am. Certainly the Episcopal Church as a Denomination is far from Biblical, let alone Reformed or Calvinist. Its 500 year old Reformation Heritage has been utterly lost. When I tried being a Pastor of a Congregational Church in the 1970's, I learned that they too had long lost their Reformed Heritage and the Faith of their Pilgrim forefathers and they could care less. They were interested in only the history and story of their local congregation. Actually, Doctrine and History stand and fall together. Churches that are atheological are also ahistorical. Its a sorry state of affairs. Both Doctrine and History matter!
Tuesday, June 16. 2009
My webmaster, Norm, and I are tinkering with my website, trying to improve it. We have made a few changes and will be adding more material in the days ahead. I appreciate your prayers and patience. If you have any constructive suggestions please email them to me. Thank you. As we like to say, it is all for the King.
Cal
Tuesday, June 2. 2009
I was discouraged last week and was seeking a word of encouragement. God used this to give it to me. Check out the whole list and Mother Teresa's version of it, too.
http://prayerfoundation.org/mother_teresa_do_it_anyway.htm
The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith
1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Tuesday, June 2. 2009
Absolutely, the murder of Dr George Tiller was wrong and can not be excused or rationalized away. It was also very stupid because it will end up revitalizing the Abortion Movement that the killer wanted to stop. Who was Dr Miller and what did he do? He admits to killing 60,000 babies since 1974. He specialized in killing them when they were in the 3rd Trimester or after they were 21 weeks old and most probably viable. See the attached link for evidence of this, including his own testimony.
http://www.dr-tiller.com/index.htmThe murder of this one man is condemned by all, but the murder by him of 60,000 other human beings who were totally innocent of all evil, is condoned by many who have no qualms about that. In fact, the doctor, more now than ever thanks to his killer, is a hero to many pro-choice activists!
Continue reading "MURDER IS MURDER, A WRONG IS NOT A RIGHT"
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