Quote of the Week: Thomas Watson

“There is more evil in a drop of sin than in a sea of affliction”
THOMAS WATSON

Oh that we would grieve our own sin and wickedness more than whatever affliction and suffering God’s providence sees fit for our soul. It seems that so many people are concerned about evil in the world, while oblivious to the [...]

Quote of the Week: John Newton (“Amazing Grace” author) warns Arrogant Calvinists

From hence we may observe, that believers who have most knowledge, are not therefore necessarily the most spiritual. Some may and do walk more honorably and more comfortably with two talents, than others with five. He who experimentally knows his own weakness, and depends simply upon the Lord, will surely thrive, though his acquired attainments [...]

Finding the Will of God?

“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave-just as the Son of Man did not come to be [...]

As We Forgive

Rachel and I finally sat down to watch As We Forgive this week. It’s a movie made by Laura Waters Hinson, a great Christian that we know in Washington, D.C. We’ve been waiting to watch it for a long time, but finally bought it last week. 
The movie is about reconciliation. It is a documentary about [...]

Pompey enters the Temple

A few observations from reading Plutarch’s *Lives*:
Plutarch interprets Pompey’s actions with regard to Metellus (then praetor of Crete) in terms of Achilles. Plutarch also remarks of the pirates whom Pompey cleaned out of the Mediterranean that they “…knew neither god nor law.” Plutarch is interpreting events in Rome in light of a text (The Iliad) [...]

Quote of the Week by Bible Commentator David L. Turner on Matthew 2

It is ironic that the birth of Jesus produced only anxious fear in the leaders of Israel (2:3), while it was an occasion of overwhelming joy for the mysterious Gentile wise men. The devotion of the wise men is in stark contrast to Herod’s treachery and the seeming apathy of the chief priests and teachers [...]

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Academic Freedom Day Coming Feb. 12 2009

 Support Academic Freedom on Feb. 12 and all days!!! Click on picture for link.
You can protest, write a letter to your local newspaper editorial section, call in on talk radio, write the local school board, etc.

Skillet “Comatose Comes Alive” Review

Go to WWW.SKILLET.COM to buy the new album!!!

I give this album an “A”. For $15, you are getting a bunch of great live songs as well as the ability to unlock another 6 bonus tracks. It also comes with a DVD of concert footage that includes some music videos as a bonus. Great value for [...]

The Pro-Life Message in Horton Hears a Who

Just finished this cute movie and was shocked when the following words were uttered by Horton:

“They may be little and live on a speck, but A Person’s a person, no matter how small”

WOW!!! That is as pro-life as you can be. When the wicked kangaroo would like to kill the “speck” because of disbelief and [...]

Book Review of Marcus Buckingham’s “The Truth About You”

 

More information about this book can be found at the publisher’s site: http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/custom/top_titles/The_Truth_About_You_Marcus_Buckingham.asp
The author, Marcus Buckingham, offers yet another title in what is becoming an increasingly popular genre of “self help” or “leadership development”. There is honestly nothing much new in this book that I haven’t already seen in some of the few “leadership” books [...]

The Church as if was Meant to be

It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything on this blog. I’ve been trying to keep more regular updates of my adventures in South Africa on my own blog page: matthewhusse.myadventures.org
But this article here is one of my favorites and I think I would like to share it with you all!
Recently, as part of [...]

“Bella” Movie Review…One Minute Can Change Your Life Forever

Spoiler Alert: The movie opens with the words “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him what you’re going to do with your life”. The rest of the movie proceeds to tell a story of how God’s providential hand intersects the lives of Jose (a promising soccer star turned chef because of a tragedy) [...]

Democracy

     Recently, President Bush said, “One of the best ways to safeguard religious freedom is to aid the rise of democracy. Democratic governments don’t all look alike. Each reflects the history and traditions of its own people. But one way — but one of the defining features of any democracy is that it makes [...]

Husband loses children, wife, and mother to F-18…doesn’t Curse God

      
A F-18 jet crashed into a home, killing 2 very young children, their mother, and grandmother. The 37 year old husband, a Korean immigrant, who was away came home to the destruction. His response was not to curse God, but to instead pray for the pilot that he might not endure guilt over what [...]

Liberty

     Continuing my summary of A Theological Interpretation of American History, I turn to what Prof. Singer said about the Puritan conception of liberty. Singer says that to the Puritans, “Liberty was not a natural right, but a God-given right and privilege to be zealously guarded from despots, to be sure, but also subject to precise biblically-defined limits.” 
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Rick Hogaboam Sermon Series on Hosea, Part 1

I will start uploading links on this blog to my MP3 sermons, thus allowing the option of subscribing to the Podcast on iTunes and automatically downloading all sermons as they are updated. Then again you can just click on the links provided and download the MP3 file if you’d like.
 Hosea 1 “God Divorces His People”: [...]