RRR - Review - Review – Review! II Peter 1:12-15, For this reason I will not be negligent to (1) remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up (2) by reminding you, knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus... Continue Reading →
House and Resident It is too often that we focus on the external - on the body - on the house - on the framework - rather than the resident or the internal. Too often we confuse the shell with the “meat” (a walnut). Take the United States and Christianity. We often hear or think of... Continue Reading →
We were richly blessed by Richard and Mary’s grandchildren, Joshua and Alexa, yesterday doing a dual presentation of Horatio Spafford’s story of the ship crash that took the lives of his four girls. He later wrote the words to the song, “It Is Well With My Soul." When peace like a river attendeth my way, when... Continue Reading →
I suggest that all men have a “learning passion.” All! I’m not talking about a drive to grasp Grammar, Poetry or Calculus. Yes, some do have such a learning passion but for many the learning passion is other than books and school, yet still real. Here are some examples: >There is a passion to learn from pundits... Continue Reading →
I love Sunday School, for it is a time in God’s precious Word with others seeking to know our God better with a desire to be more faithful to Him and thus pleasing to Him. This summer I am enjoying the men’s class led by Steve Brace as they move through the Gospel of Luke. This... Continue Reading →
July 4 Today we celebrate Independence Day which needs a couple of notes: It was on July 2 that the delegates from 12 colonies voted unanimously to declare their issues with the King and his cohorts and that they were going to create a separate and equal nation. John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, that... Continue Reading →
A recap of the men’s time this morning... Ten Thousand Unthanked Providences — Daily! John Piper, desiringGod, Jan. 12, 2021 I can’t help but pause here to make an observation about the way the world responds to God’s providence. If there is a storm at sea and an ocean liner is sunk, or if a hazardous... Continue Reading →
Mental Health comes from a proper - a balanced - understanding of who we are: Man is unique and empowered - from Genesis 2: there is a God, 7 man is created - designed and given life, 7, 22 man is given the planet, 8 man is charged to rule, 15 man has rules for... Continue Reading →
June 28 1778 George Washington rallied the troops to a decisive victory in the Revolutionary War 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated which effectively started WWI which flared again into WWII 1969 the Stonewall riots began which effectively started the Gay Rights Movement June 29 1613 the Globe Theatre burnt to the ground 1956 the... Continue Reading →
June 24, 2022 is a marked day in the United States for it was then that the Supreme Court reversed itself on the federalization of abortion. In the court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, they did not rule that abortion was illegal or that their abortion was legal, but that the Constitution made no... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 