2009-05-15
2009-05-14
May Flowers
English-speaking Calvinists are generally familiar with TULIP:
Shamelessly ganked from Byzantine Calvinist.
Total depravity
Unconditional election
Limited atonement
Irresistible grace
Perseverance of the saints
However, given that some might see TULIP as old hat, today's challenge is to come up with another floral acronym that expresses the truths of Reformed Christianity. For example:
Perseverance of the saints
Authority of scripture
Noetic effects of the fall
Salvation in Jesus Christ
Yes to God’s grace
Shamelessly ganked from Byzantine Calvinist.
2009-05-12
Teddy on the State of our Republic
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
“Quack remedies of the universal cure-all type are generally as noxious to the body politic as to the body corporal.”
“It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty, and intelligence. If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.”
- Review of Reviews
January 1897
January 1897
The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.
2009-05-11
Ministry mistakes
Wisdom from a seasoned pastor:
Can I get an "amen"?
Pastoring is like eating spaghetti while wearing a white shirt. Make one mistake and everyone knows about it, do a good job and you'll just have to be satisfied with a clean shirt.