i read an article about church music today at the crosstalk blog that got me thinking about church music choices. ironically, i read this right after searching through a bunch of old hymns. the strange thing about searching through old hymns is that a good number that one runs into are doctrinally inaccurate or at [...]
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church music. deteriorating
Posted in current issues, tagged church music, hymns, psalms, spiritual songs on November.9.2009 | Leave a Comment »
missions flaws
Posted in christianity, current issues, missions on April.1.2009 | 2 Comments »
6 missional strategies that i cannot put up with
sparrows
Posted in christianity, musing, personal on March.19.2008 | 3 Comments »
why do i feel discourged?
why do the shadows come?
and why does my heart feel lonely
and long for heaven and home?
when Jesus is my portion
a constant friend is He!
His eye is on the sparrow
and i know He watches me.
so i sing because i’m happy,
and i sing because i’m free.
His eye is on the sparrow
and i know [...]
fundamentalism
Posted in christianity, doctrine, musing on March.4.2008 | 4 Comments »
today is the second day of maranatha’s conference on baptist fundamentalism. the question arises: “where do i stand in fundamentalism?” dr. burggraff presented three distinct sects of fundamentalism that matthew hoskinson has outlined in his recent article “a christian fundamentalist travel guide.”
-the first sect, coined “old-time fundamentalists,” are stuck in the ’80’s and hold to a kjvo [...]
life after death
Posted in christianity, tagged Life after Death, Sin Nature on February.14.2008 | 3 Comments »
you are dead. there is nothing any doctor can do about it: you are dead. you have no reason to work anymore: you are dead. not to say that you mind; you never really liked your boss anyway.actually, now that you think about it, you pretty much hated that boss. you stuck out your neck [...]
in the beginning . . .
Posted in christianity, doctrine on February.10.2008 | 1 Comment »
it never ceases to amaze me, how one can justify the universe coming into existence any other way than by God. how meaningless would life be without him? the thought of the fathomless depths of hopelessness causes me to cringe. what blessings we have in this world!the ability to sense color overpowers the imagination. the [...]
