Dr. John Dreisbach, missionary pioneer and missionary statesman went home to be with the Lord this week. |
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Dr. John Dreisbach with the Lord
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Labels: Missions
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
New Free Resource of Interest
Canadian Blogger extraordinaire Don Jonson has pointed out that Codex Sinaiticus (also known as Aleph) is now available for viewing online. |
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Sunday, June 07, 2009
Free* Copy of John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine & Doxology
John Calvin is a name that stirs up great emotion from his admirers as well as his detractors. Out of all the leaders of the Reformation, Calvin was the most prolific writer and his works have long survived him, including his famous Institutes of the Chrsitian Religion and his numerous commentaries on different books of the Bible. Even if you are not a fan of John Calvin, you would be hard-pressed to deny |
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Labels: Books, Free, John Calvin, Resources
Monday, June 01, 2009
The Sovereign Grace/Getty Music Question
The Sovereign Grace/Getty Music Question. That is the title of this recent post by Scott Aniol of Religious Affections Ministries "But my observation is that for some fundamentalists, the reason they are afraid of SG/G is more because of the associated Calvinism than anything else." and later, "If you do not want to use the songs because you are uncomfortable associating yourself with the Calvinism of these writers, then honestly state your reasons and be consistent. But please show grace to those who embrace Calvinism and choose to use these songs because they reflect their soteriological convictions." Again, there may be creatures out there who exist that fit the trait that Scott puts here, but I have NEVER met such a creature who rejects SG/G because of their associations with Calvinism. I have met plenty who reject SG/G because of their associations with charismatism, but never because of their Calvinism. It seems like to do so would cause some serious problems with some of the most popular hymns of all time. I have yet to see a Fundamentalist that rejects "Amazing Grace" because of John Newton's Calvinism or any of the great hymns of Isaac Watts because of his Calvinism. Methinks that sometimes the strong Calvinists among us tend to think that anyone who is not also a strong Calvinist is an "anti-Calvinist" who is looking for a Calvinist "boogey man" behind every tree. While there are certainly some who seem to fit that description, it seems more like a charicature than reality. UPDATE: My friend, Pastor Chris Anderson indicates that he has heard (albeit second-hand) of well-known music speaker Frank Garlock making the exact charge that Scott aludes to in his post. If this is the case, I am sorry for the straw man comments. If this is the case, I would also say that the group of Fundamentalists I associate with must be a strange group, because this line of argument would never come up in my circles. (Also, if any one has a source of Garlock saying this, I would appreciate it. I would love to see what he said in context.) Just my thoughts, Frank |
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Labels: Christianity, Links, Music, Resources
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Foxe's Book of Martyrs is now available
Christianaudio.com is a site that has a wide variety of Christian books (both classics and modern) in audio format. As with a regular Christian bookstore, discernment is needed, but if you are the type of person who spends a lot of time on the road or in other settings where listening to a book (rather than reading a book) is a legitimate possibility, you can find much on the site that is helpful. |
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Labels: Biographies, Books, Christianity, Free, Resources
Friday, May 22, 2009
My Thoughts on the Recent Controversy
My title is taken from Andy Efting's post on Unsearchable Riches. As most of the Fundamentalist blogosphere is aware, there has been a virtual dust-up in regards to some comments that Pastor Danny Sweatt made at a recent FBF Regional Meeting. |
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Labels: Current Issues, Links
Monday, April 27, 2009
The answer to the "Who Said This?" and the full quote.
My recent "Who said this?" post was raised to see what type of guesses I would get. I was kind of curious if the automatic assumption by the "Young Fundamentalist" crowd would be that this kind of thing had to have been said by some "mean, old, ‘Type A' Fundamentalist". |
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Labels: Billy Graham, Books, Fundamentalism, Who Said This?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Who said this? - BG edition
I found this quote in my reading recently and thought it would be an interesting "Who Said This?" for the blog. (If anyone is actually reading anymore.) Billy Graham ... is the Roman Catholic church's best ally, since he welcomed them as evangelicals at his services. Graham is Jehoshophat with Ahab. Update: 1. I fixed the title, I actually had accidently titled this post with the title for the follow-up post, so I shortened this one back to an accurate title. 2. I have provided two hints in the comment sections, so far. 1. Don Johnson is correct in that he had read this somewhere else recently (I know, not much of a hint) 2. The person who made this statement is dead. 3. I will add a new hint. Although the person who made this statement is dead, the statement was only published in 2008. |
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Labels: Billy Graham, Fundamentalism, New Evangelicalism, Quotes
Monday, April 06, 2009
Congratulations, Ron Bean - as we come to our Final Game
We are almost done with the 2009 edition of A Thinking Man's Tourney Time - and once again, I did not win. |
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Labels: Basketball
Saturday, March 28, 2009
And Now We Move on to the Elite Eight
Tonight completed the round of 16 of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney and The Thinking Man's Thoughts Tourney Time Challenge has become very close. |
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Labels: Sports
Sunday, March 22, 2009
2nd Round of NCAA Tournament
I worte this a few days ago and just realized that I never published it - sorry. I know some of you are on the edge of your seat. :) |
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Labels: Sports
Saturday, March 21, 2009
1st Round of March Madness Complete
Wow. That was fast. Real life responsibilities - and sleep because of those real life responsibilities - caused me to not be able to watch more than 2 minutes of any of the games in the first round. As one who thinks this is the greatest event in sports and that the first four days of the madness are the best, this is kind of disappointing. The only exciting thing I was able to see was the last 15 seconds of the double overtime Ohio State loss to Siena. (I woke up* and it was on. The guy hit the three pointer before I could even process what was going on with the game and then in 3.4 seconds it was over and I knew Josiah would be disappointed this morning - as would the rest of Buckeye nation.) |
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Labels: Miscellaneous, Sports
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Tourney Time ... 2009
Howdy, folks. "It's the most wonderful time of the year..." okay, maybe not quite, but it is definitely time for the greatest event in sports, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. |
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Labels: Miscellaneous, Sports
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wow! What a Great Week! -- And, boy, am I old!
This week I have had the privilege of preaching eight times at Heritage Christian Academy in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey for the 2008-2009 Spiritual Emphasis week. (I also had the privilege of preaching in chapel last Friday at Faith Baptist School in Salisbury, Maryland and three time on Sunday at Mosherville Bible Church in Mosherville, Pennsylvania, to make for 12 times in the last 8 days.) Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Heritage Christian Academy is a great school that is led by Mr. Ron Hamilton (no, not THAT Ron Hamilton). Mr. Hamilton (whome I knew as "Pastor Ron") was my Youth Pastor at Heart to Heart Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona when I was a fairly new believer in Christ as a teenager. Pastor Ron's influence in my life has been an ongoing and profound. As a teenager, his life and consistent faithfulness for Christ were an example and challenge to me - a challenge to me that has continued to this day. In addition to the overall effect of his life, he also helped me specifically in giving me a chance to preach as a teenager and helping me to prepare my first "real" sermon and a sermon I heard by him as a teenager encouraged me that God can use me, despite (perhaps because of) the weak vessel that I am. It was also a special treat to me to see a number of my former teens who are now serving the Lord by teaching at Heritage Christian Academy and helping out in other ways in the ministry there at Heritage Baptist Church. There were four teachers at the school who had been in my youth groups at various times in their lives. This fact was encouragement to me - but it also made me feel very OLD. To see Pastor Ron's daughter Beth (a 24-year old nurse at the same hospital in New Jersey where my wife worked for 9 years) especially made me feel old, since I knew her when she was still in a car seat when I was a teenager in Arizona and she was later in my youth group there at Heritage. I also had the privilege of meeting up with some other friends and students from years gone by. It was an exciting week. Thank you to all who made the time enjoyable. Just my thoughts, Frank |
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Labels: Pastoral Ministry, Personal, Preaching




