Monthly Archives: March 2011

Story about a program headed by my congregation that ran in the local paper and in the Christian Chronicle. Notice especially the picture of the kid with last name “Guin” — that’s my youngest. [M]ore than 100 volunteers plan to … Continue reading →

No great moral lesson here –  just something to help you smile through the next wedding where they play the same old tunes, the same old way.

Mentanna Campbell recently returned to the United States after serving as a missionary in France for years. She started looking for a church. And then wrote a letter posted at RELEVANT Magazine offering some heartfelt, sage advice for how a … Continue reading →

Longtime reader Guy has this habit of asking questions that force me to dig deeper. He did it again. Regarding my views on Rom 13:8-10, Guy wrote, (1) Various laws being “summed up” by “love your neighbor” means that the … Continue reading →

Caring for the Garden (Gen 2:15 ESV) 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. Before the creation of Eve, God gave man a job. You see, … Continue reading →

Alexander (a/k/a aBasnar) who frequently comments here and whose opinions I respect (although we sometimes disagree) challenged some statements I made in the most recent post on 1 John in a couple of comments here and here. Before responding to … Continue reading →

Commandments (1Jo 2:3-8 ESV) 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth … Continue reading →

(1Jo 2:1 ESV) My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Now, John had just said … Continue reading →

Guy recently posted links to a couple of articles by world-famous blogger iMonk. What do you think about these two posts from iMonk? http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/arant-from-a-loser-in-the-worship-wars http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/let-me-restate-that Written by either a current or former Lutheran (not sure), but entirely relevant to the … Continue reading →

This is my last post on instrumental music for a while — a long while unless God changes my mind. Tomorrow, I start a series on worship, but not as a proxy for the a cappella debate. Rather, the point … Continue reading →