Sorry, Pope Benny

Pope Benedict XVI once again answered the question”Is the Pope Catholic?” in the affirmative today, and he declared that all other churches are either not “true churches” or are deficient. 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288841,00.html
One of the reasons, according to Rome, that Protestant churches are not true churches, is that we lack “apostolic succession”.  That is, our ministers cannot trace their ordination [...]

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Book Review – Leepike Ridge

I just received Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson yesterday.  I finished it this afternoon, and it is a great book.  I gave it to my son Josh (age 14) when I finished, and now he has finished it (200+ pages in one day – possibly his personal reading record), and also reports that it is [...]

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Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

There are a lot of Insecta around our house, particularly of the order Hymenoptera.  I just had to deal with an infestation of paper wasps.  These little yellow guys look a lot like yellow jackets, but they are apparently less prone to sting (which is good, or we would all all be dead).  However, when they do, [...]

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Sunday Sermon Notes 7/1/07

Dr. T David Gordon was our guest preacher this week.  Here are somenotes from his sermon, taken as quickly and accurately as I could scribble them down.: 
Text:  I Cor. 13:5 “Love…thinks no evil.”
The Christian religion begins in the mind.  Our feelings and actions are motivated by our thoughts.  In this text, “Think” is to regard, [...]

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