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• The Throne of Majesty, the Throne of Grace

  

  I was listening to a S. Lewis Johnson sermon on Hebrews 4 the other day. He was expounding on the following verse-Let us then with confidence draw near to the... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Oklahoma: "We Have Already Crushed Last Year's Record for Number of Earthquakes"

  I've written about earthquakes a lot lately. This is why. It is an excerpt of an article that reports the quake swarm occurring in OK as it has been since 2009. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A Short Note on Joel Osteen

  

  To research some background on a recent blog essay, I listened to a short interview by a reporter from the Wall Street Journal blog and Joel Osteen of Lakewood... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sayings and Mottos That Sound Pious but Aren't. #4: "Pray Big Because We Have a...

  

  Otto Greiner, Praying Hands, circa 1900. CCSome sayings sound legitimate on their surface. They sound pious. They sound biblical. Like this one: "Cleanliness... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Earthquakes in the Tribulation

  

  I'm fascinated by earthquakes. By the spike in hits on the blog after a quake, many other people are too. There's something primal about the seemingly solid... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Tremendous Storm in Denton TX

  

  A major hail rain storm occurred in Denton TX this evening, and a tornado also. Here are some photos of the softball sized hail. Some of these photos are... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sayings and Mottos That Sound Pious but Aren't. #3 "I'm Too Humble to Think...

  

  Part 1: "Let Go and Let God"Part 2: "I don't use commentaries because they're men's wisdom. I only use God's Word when I study."Some sayings sound legitimate... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Spring!

  

  Spring is such a joyous time here in the south! It comes early, it comes slowly, lovingly, and beautifully. It is almost 9 pm but it's 76 degrees, the door and... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Days of Noah = Which Headlines Are Real and Which Were April Fool Prank?

  Matthew 24:37 says, "For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man."The days of Noah were when men were continually wicked and the... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Very Large Earthquake at Chile

  

  The United States Geological Survey recorded a large 8.2 quake off the coast of Chile this evening. Chilean seismologists put it at 8.3. There have been... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sayings and Mottos That Sound Pious but Aren't. #2: "I Don't Use Commentaries...

  

  Part 1 of the series, Sayings and mottos that sound pious but aren't. #1: "Let Go and Let God"SpurgeonSome sayings sound legitimate on their surface. They... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Movie Review: God's Not Dead

  Here are two excellent reviews of the God's Not Dead movie. Both are selective about where and how to reprint, so here are the links and intro only:The first... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What's Biblically Wrong with the Noah Movie: an Easy Apologetic

  

  These lists were compiled by men of the faith Chris Rosebrough and Glenn Chatfield. In viewing the list of aberrations from the bible in this movie, even one... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sayings and Mottos That Sound Pious but Aren't. #1: "Let Go and Let God"

  

  Jesus took issue with the Pharisees and Scribes because they had become whitewashed tombs. (Matthew 23:27). This means that they were sick with sin on the insid... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Largest Earthquake in Years Hit CA, Another Large Quake in OK, Hail in Hong Kong

  

  California is being rattled by the biggest earthquakes they have felt in years. Southern California Public Radio reports,Quakes continue to rattle California"A... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Creation Grace: Clouds

  

  Look in the bible for how many times clouds are mentioned. The word is used for different reasons and in different ways. It is fun to think of His grace in... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• "Spot the Difference at the E Churches - Reformation21 Blog"

  I read this from Carl Trueman at Reformation 21 blog, and I thought it was terrific. I love doing what he did. We tend to overcomplicate things, and we tend to... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interlude: Gratitude

  

  I'm so grateful for my salvation! I am so blessed to be a new creation in Christ! He came down from Glory to die on a cross, and ascended to heaven again to... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• O, to Sleep

  

  Our Father gives us good gifts."If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• John MacArthur and John Piper: Lessons from a Disagreement Over Doctrine

  

  EPrata photoThe reverberations from the Strange Fire conference held in southern California at John MacArthur's church last October go on. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY