Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Incarnation by J.I. Packer
INCARNATION
GOD SENT HIS SON, TO SAVE US
by J.I. Packer
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. JOHN 1:14
Trinity and Incarnation belong together. The doctrine of the Trinity [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged John, Verse of the Day on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John 14:6“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Church History, Puritans on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Puritans Behind the Myths
And how these adventurers affect us today.
Interview with Harry S. Stout
Who were the real Puritans? And why did Puritan become a derogatory label? In what ways have the Puritans shaped what we believe and how we live today? To answer these questions, CHRISTIAN HISTORY editors Kevin Miller and Mark Galli [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts of the Day on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some Things to think about
If one could talk absolutely humanly about Christ, one would have to say that the words: “my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” are impatient and untrue. They can only be true if God says them, and consequently also when the God-Man says them. And indeed since it is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Strange but true on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Cocaine Jesus” both describes the method this smuggler chose, and probably the new nickname everyone gave him for thinking of it.
In Texas, border police stopped an elderly Mexican woman with a seven-pound statue of Jesus in her trunk. Drug-sniffing dogs took a real interest in the statue, but authorities didn’t find any cocaine hidden inside.
“Sorry [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Operation World, Zambia on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1 President Chiluba openly dedicated Zambia to God as a Christian nation at his inauguration in 1991. The outworkings in public life have been disappointing, with many in the government becoming ostentatiously wealthy while half the population live in dire poverty. Pray for hearts, worldviews and structures to be moulded by God’s Word, for democracy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged John, Verese of the Day on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John 11:25“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;”Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Theological Word of the Day on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gk. kanon, “rule” or “measuring rod”
In Christian theology, the term canon is used to describe the accepted books of the Old and New Testament. Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox all have the same twenty-seven book New Testament canon, but will differ with regard to the Old Testament canon. Catholics universally accept what are called the Deuterocanonical [...]
