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Thoughts of a conservative, Southern Presbyterian minister who also happens to be totally blind, with comments about theology--and everything else, too, from sports and the South to politics and favorite food. Anyone can comment.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Of Hymns and Hymnals

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These days, it's hard to find a good hymnal. We have those of the mainline denominations which have their own liberal bias. They are u...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

2 Thessalonians 2, selected verses; November 6-12, Year C:

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This passage testifies to the certainty of dark days for the church near the end of the present age. There will be great deception, with Ch...
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Sunday, November 04, 2007

2 Thessalonians 1, selected verses; October 30-November 5, 2007:

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In our lectionary epistle reading for this week, Paul is acknowledging the faith and the love of these Thessalonians. These Christians are...
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Sunday, October 28, 2007

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, October 23-29, Year C:

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Paul knows, as he is writing this, that he is near the end of his life's journey, and that his ministry is over. In this passage, he gi...
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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Jesus as Lord and Savior for Members?

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At the meeting of Mission Presbytery in Mission, Texas, last weekend, we approved an overture to next year's General Assembly of the PC(...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 October 16-22, Year C:

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This passage speaks of the authority of Scripture and the necessity of sound doctrine. Simply to read these verses of Scripture is to invit...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

What Changed?

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I received an email recently from someone who had been raised in the Catholic church and is now committed to the reformed faith. She was thi...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

2 Timothy 2:8-15, October 9-15, Year C:

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Paul is reminding Timothy here to remember Christ; for this Christ is worth any amount of suffering, even including imprisonment and death. ...
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Sunday, October 07, 2007

Tradition?

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I was listening to a colege football game on my XM Satellite radio yesterday afternoon when an ad. came on for an eatery in the Clemson, Sou...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

2 Timothy 1:1-14, October 2-8, Year C:

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Several things in this passage merit comment, if not necessarily in a particularly systematic way. We see that Timothy was raised by devout...
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