christmas praise

15Dec08

Luke 2:8-13
I have never wondered why the angels sang for the shepherds on the night of Christ’s birth. They were singing because God Incarnate had arrived on earth. The events were set in motion, it was finally happening – the Immortal God was going to submit to physical limitation and death to provide redemption to [...]

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monergism

12Dec08

I am not going to wade into the titular subject at the moment, but just pass along that I am reading some thought provoking articles on the Monergism web site today. This site seems to be affiliated with Desiring God Ministry’s John Piper, as he has submitted articles to the site. There are many articles [...]

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air travel, anyone?

12Dec08

Because I am a bit of a geek sometimes, this is probably the coolest thing that I will see today:

This video shows 24 hours of air traffic in 72 seconds. It is fascinating to see the flow of the aircraft, for sure. If you enjoyed that one, you might like this [...]

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Tags: technology, travel

micah, an exhortation to repentance

05Dec08

Have you read the words of Micah lately? Most people are familiar with the passage(6:8), as an instruction on the way to live life, but have you read the preceding verses? Or just picked out the words as a nice homily to mouth when you are doubtful?
I think this piece of scripture was intended for [...]

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