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I have been trying to teach my boys to pray by tucking them in bed each night (if I don't have to work) and then kneeling down by their bed where I precede to seek God right before their little eyes.  I don't just say a quick prayer but I actually take time to pray earnestly before them.  I want them to hear their daddy seeking God and I pray that they too will follow in my footsteps and love Jesus with all that is in them.  I then...

Hello everyone and welcome back to Deeper Waters, where we dive into the ocean of truth! Right now, we’re going through Victor Stenger’s book “The New Atheism: Taking A Stand For Science And Reason.” So far, not much of a stand has been made yet. Tonight, we’re looking at the chapter called “The Way of Nature” which is simply a look at the way we should live. A bulk of this is spent looking at the way oth...

I keep getting emails from people asking me to stop stepping on their toes in this series.   I’ll admit that God has been simultaneously wrecking me over the past few weeks as well. r Empty Promises_Week3Mashup from Cross Point Church on Vimeo. ...

I have several books going right now. In posts like this I want to highlight a few things that I like or dislike in the book as I am working through it. I should also note that I am reading 3/4 of these books on my new Kindle. I really like the Kindle. CHURCH PLANTER by Darrin Patrick || (Amazon or Westminster) The bottom line here is: I like this book. I like the topic, the author’s writing style, the substance, the outline…even the...

As I told you last week, my friend Eric from “A Pilgrim’s Progress” told us that he resigned from professional pastoring. This week, he wrote a post in which he explained his “Reasoning for Resigning.” In his post, Eric steps through the reasons that he chose to resign from professional pastoring, and the reasons have to do with Scripture, not burn-out, or anger or maltreatment, or anything like that. Now, I know tha...

With respect to the article of predestination, my sentiments upon it are the following: It is an eternal and gracious decree of God in Christ, by which he determines to justify and adopt believers, and to endow them with life eternal, but to condemn unbelievers, and impenitent persons; as I have explained in the theses on the same subject, which were publicly disputed, and in which, no one found any thing to be reprehended as false or unsound. On...

Over the last few days, I’ve been writing about the so-called “Jerusalem Council” of Acts 15:1-35. (See my posts “The Jerusalem Council – Introduction” and “The Jerusalem Council – Literary Position.”) In this post, I will consider the decision that was reached during the council. In my first post, I quoted Stein’s article on “Jerusalem” in The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, as ...

Hello everyone and welcome back to Deeper Waters, a blog where we dive into the ocean of truth! Tonight, we’re still tangling with a shark but so far, it hasn’t been much of a battle. We’re looking at Victor Stenger’s book “The New Atheism: Taking A Stand For Science and Reason.” Thus far, I conclude if Stenger was truly standing for science and reason, those two would be in a lot of trouble. Tonight, we’...

Some of our good friends are moving back to the Atlanta area this weekend. So, this evening the church is gathering together at their house to help pack their moving truck. We always have a great time on “moving day.” Even though we hate to see some friends moving so far away, we are excited about the new possibilities that God has in store for them, and we are glad to be able to serve them one more time before they move. Tonight, we ...

Everybody knows about church on Sunday. But what about Monday-Saturday? Josh at “Called to Rebuild” has written an excellent article called “Church Life: More than a Meeting.” Josh says: A person may go to a meeting once a week, and it might be the best meeting this world has ever seen-full of life, love, and warm-hearted fellowship. But if that meeting alone represents the full extent of their participation in the local B...