Monthly Archives: September 2009

Amazing Grace: “Plain Talk” Questions Born of Water

I get emails – Jay- I feel your comments about 1 Cor 1: 17 miss the mark and I don’t know what your statement about making a choice between faith only and faith and baptism means. I have had faith … Continue reading

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Election: Romans 11, Part 2 (“God gave them a spirit of stupor”)

(Rom 11:7-8) What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, 8 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see … Continue reading

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Election: Chapter 11, Part 1 (“God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew”)

(Rom 11:1-2a)  I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Paul now explicitly … Continue reading

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What Would You Like to Read?

I’ve been going at this for 2 1/2 years now. I’ve posted over1,300 posts, not even counting Grace Conversation. I hate to think how many words I’ve typed! (Over 1,000,000 would be my guess, actually. You’d think my fingers would … Continue reading

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Tim Archer on the Christian and Alcohol

Over at “The Kitchen of Half-Baked Thoughts,” Tim Archer has just completed a thoughtful series of posts on the Christian and alcohol. The Christian and Alcohol (Alcohol abuse) The Christian and Alcohol, Part 2 (Alcohol in the history of the … Continue reading

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Election: Romans 10, Part 3 (why didn’t Israel believe?)

(Rom 10:18) But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” Paul quotes Ps 19:4, which speaks of God’s self-revelation through … Continue reading

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Barna Study: Churches Going Straight to Helvetica

Breaking news from the Sacred Sandwich – Revealing further evidence that American churches are sinking deeper into apostasy, a new nationwide survey by The Barna Group discovered that almost 23% of U.S. churches are now using Papyrus typeface in their … Continue reading

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Election: Romans 10, Part 2 (“faith comes from hearing the message”)

(Rom 10:11-13) As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile–the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on … Continue reading

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College Football and Christianity

It is (finally!) that time of year, the time when there are about 5,000 college football games on TV every weekend … the time we Alabama football fans live for. And the time when Florida just destroys Tennessee on national … Continue reading

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Election: Chapter 10, Part 1 (“righteousness for everyone who believes”)

(Rom 10)  Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. Paul returns to the thought that began chapter 9, his desire for Israel to be saved. He is not changing subjects, … Continue reading

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