Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
UPDATE
Why I don't blog much anymore: Sitting down to my in-laws dial up internet is like sitting in the dentist chair and getting one of your important tooths pulled.
What I'm reading: Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson- a treasure trove of pearls, probably my favorite book of all time.
How I feel: Like Moses at the well after his first attempt at ministry. At least I didn't kill the guy and bury him in the sand. But I am encouraged that at the well, Moses looked to do good by running off some naughty shepherds.
What I am waiting for: The birth of my daughter Karis- due yesterday, Heidi is to be induced Tuesday. Also a call from a church to come be their pastor.
What I am learning: God is not on my timetable. It took 430 years for God to get Israel to where He wanted them before calling Moses there to free them, get ticked off, strike the rock and miss out on entering the promised land.
God is good.
What I'm reading: Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson- a treasure trove of pearls, probably my favorite book of all time.
How I feel: Like Moses at the well after his first attempt at ministry. At least I didn't kill the guy and bury him in the sand. But I am encouraged that at the well, Moses looked to do good by running off some naughty shepherds.
What I am waiting for: The birth of my daughter Karis- due yesterday, Heidi is to be induced Tuesday. Also a call from a church to come be their pastor.
What I am learning: God is not on my timetable. It took 430 years for God to get Israel to where He wanted them before calling Moses there to free them, get ticked off, strike the rock and miss out on entering the promised land.
God is good.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Chomping at the Bit
I went with my father-in-law yesterday to get his horses shots. While they worked on Stormy, they put Angel in a "holding cell"The whole time she was in there she was kicking at the door. She hated being locked up. Even though being out would mean she was getting shots and her teeth ground with a file while her mouth is pried open.
I feel like Angel. I can't find a job, I can't find a ministry, I can't find a home, I can't find nothing.
Sometimes, getting a shot is better than being couped up! I'm ready to DO SOMETHING!
ANYTHING!
Friday, May 22, 2009
From the brook Cherith
"Every servant that God deigns to use must pass through the trying experience of Cherith before he is ready for the triumph of Carmel. This is an unchanging principle in the ways of God." - AW Pink in his book on Elijah
See this to be true in:
Joseph
Moses
David
Paul
and Jesus Christ.
See this to be true in:
Joseph
Moses
David
Paul
and Jesus Christ.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
New Journey
For those interested, I have resigned my pastorate of Vanderbilt Community Church.
Tomorrow will be my last Sunday.
We are moving all of our stuff down to Mt. Pleasant and then going down to Texas for some R&R.
I don't know what the future holds, we are considering all of our options. One of them is for me to enter into the military as an officer.
We appreciate your prayers.
Tomorrow will be my last Sunday.
We are moving all of our stuff down to Mt. Pleasant and then going down to Texas for some R&R.
I don't know what the future holds, we are considering all of our options. One of them is for me to enter into the military as an officer.
We appreciate your prayers.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
What is right?
"Eve trusted in her own evaluation of what was right and what would be good for her, rather than to allow God's word to define right and wrong. " Wayne Grudem
The only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history. - unknown
"I do think it necessary in these times to remind my readers that a man may commit sin and yet be ignorant of it and fancy himself innocent when he is guilty. I fail to see any scriptural warrant for the modern assertion that: "Sin is not sin to us until we discern it and are conscious of it." On the contrary, in the fourth and fifth chapters of that unduly neglected book, Leviticus, and in the fifteenth of Numbers, I find Israel distinctly taught that there were sins of ignorance which rendered people unclean and needed atonement (Lev. 4:1–35; 5:14–19; Num. 15:25–29). And I find our Lord expressly teaching that "the servant who knew not his master’s will and did it not," was not excused on account of his ignorance but was "beaten" or punished (Luke 12:48). We will do well to remember that, when we make our own miserably imperfect knowledge and consciousness the measure of our sinfulness, we are on very dangerous ground. A deeper study of Leviticus might do us much good." - JC RYLE
The only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history. - unknown
"I do think it necessary in these times to remind my readers that a man may commit sin and yet be ignorant of it and fancy himself innocent when he is guilty. I fail to see any scriptural warrant for the modern assertion that: "Sin is not sin to us until we discern it and are conscious of it." On the contrary, in the fourth and fifth chapters of that unduly neglected book, Leviticus, and in the fifteenth of Numbers, I find Israel distinctly taught that there were sins of ignorance which rendered people unclean and needed atonement (Lev. 4:1–35; 5:14–19; Num. 15:25–29). And I find our Lord expressly teaching that "the servant who knew not his master’s will and did it not," was not excused on account of his ignorance but was "beaten" or punished (Luke 12:48). We will do well to remember that, when we make our own miserably imperfect knowledge and consciousness the measure of our sinfulness, we are on very dangerous ground. A deeper study of Leviticus might do us much good." - JC RYLE
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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