I don’t normally blog politics, but I’m not the first religious blogger to pick up on this story, either. As far as I know, Randy Alcorn (author of Eternal Perspectives) may have been the first blogger to post on a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. On June 5th, the Journal carried a story about Gianna Jessen, a woman who survived an abortion attempt. Continue reading
Category Archives: Christianity
My “Spiritual” Birthday
I didn’t forget about it. It’s been a busy week, and I just didn’t have a chance to share it with you. On June 19, 1988, I knelt at the alter and was adopted into the family of God. That was 20 years ago. Continue reading
The Biblical Exegesis of a Renowned Atheist
“Christians seldom realize that much of the moral consideration for others which is apparently promoted by both the Old and New Testaments, was originally intended to apply only to a narrow defined in-group. ‘Love thy neighbor’ didn’t mean what we now think it means. It meant only ‘Love another Jew.'” -Richard Dawkins
You see friends, what you have here is one of the world’s foremost anti-theists, what Becky Garrison describes in her book as “the new atheists.” Richard Dawkins not only believes there is no God, he thinks religious faith is dangerous and a threat to our society. Continue reading
Rantings about “stupid” Christians
If I was writing a book on theology, I couldn’t just go off on a tangent and rant about whatever comes to mind. That’s the benefit of a blog. A good blog entry is almost bite sized; just enough for a mouthful in one sitting. Some of my online friends post 3 or 4 times a day. Some of them have no unpublished thoughts. I don’t often rant, but if you want to know what just burns my grits, it’s stupid Christians that make us all look bad. Continue reading
Evangelizing Christian talks to Articulate Atheist
I recently discovered the blog of John Shore, and the first thing I read was a coffee shop conversation he listened to between an evangelizing Christian and a guy he described as “Wasn’t Having Any.” The discussion was over John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'” W.H.A. asserted that Jesus was not saying that only Christians were going to heaven, and that many Christians have abused that verse to claim it means something Christ didn’t say. Continue reading
Why I blog in ESV
“The ESV satisfies the preaching, memorizing, studying, and reading needs of our church, from children to adults. We are building all of our future ministry around it.”
John Piper
Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis
I was first introduced to the English Standard Version when I joined the ministry I am presently involved with about five years ago. (see footnotes) The ESV translation is used by our Bible teachers in our classes. Our campus minister uses it most often when preaching in chapel, but not always. Since I got mine in 2004, I always teach and preach from it. I believe the ESV to be the Holy Scripture presented in our modern form of spoken and written English. It is the Bible. Continue reading
Do you like church?
There are many books out right now about the dislike of church, why it has lost appeal, what should be done to reform worship, why men hate church, etc. etc. One blogger has generated some stir on this subject, and if you like/ dislike church attendence then you should weigh in. You’ll notice I have already. Check out Why I Don’t Blame You for Not Liking Chruch. Rich will appreciate it, and I think we all need to be aware of this problem if we plan to do anything about it. The president of the SBC predicts that 20% of Southern Baptist Churches will die in the next 20 years. (Thanks iMonk.) It’s time to recognize.
Lessons from the Prodigal Son
The Parable of the Prodigal Son. It’s an old favorite. Beginning with chapter 10 and going all the way through 20, Luke basically recalls one parable after another. There’s a lot of good stuff in there, but this story is perhaps the best known; and most frequently taught. There are still good lessons we can learn from it.
Let’s begin by looking at the father in this story. He’s not your typical Jewish father. When the younger son asks for his inheritance, he’s saying in essence that he is tired of waiting for the old man to die. It would have been an appropriate response to take the young man to the gates of the city and stone him to death. Continue reading
Still on vacation…
While we’re in GA I have limited access to the internet (I hope to buy a laptop next week, and not have this problem in the future). I want everyone to know we’re alive and well, and not give up on The Master’s Table as one of the blogs you read. Hopefully this will tide you over:
The Internet Monk is in transition to being Jesusshaped.com. In the meantime, he wants everyone to keep up with what’s going on at http://jesusshaped.wordpress.com, the temporary home during this transition phase. Check his new stuff out there.
We’re having Ricky from Two Channel Station as a guest blogger (he just doesn’t know it yet). I’m sure he’ll be thrilled. If you don’t know about Two Channel Station, this will be a good introduction, and keeps with the theme of The Master’s Table quite well also. Ricky writes:
Logic vs. Faith
How do you know that Christianity is the only way? How can you say that? Do you know for a fact that Christ did all that he supposedly did? Logically, how is that possible? Continue reading
Christian testimony of a former homosexual
After wrting about the gay marriage ruling in California, I got a lot of feedback in the comments. Most statements were made by either conservative Christians that thought the decision was horrible, or by gay men that saluted California for doing the right thing. As expected, they wanted to know what my problem was, and what gave me the right to decide gay couples couldn’t be married. One commenter, however, was unusual.
What follows is the testimony of an individual who previously practiced the homosexual lifestyle before accepting Jesus Christ as savior. This is the story of one who gave up a life opposed to God’s law, and by God’s grace became a believer and a follower. Thank you A.J. for sharing. Continue reading
