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Deuteronomy 6:5-7, 20-25 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.  6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.  7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise… 20 "When your son asks you in time to come, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?'  21 then you shall say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in … [Read more...] about Discipleship Begins at Home

I was raised hearing that "there are no contradictions in the Bible." My dad was hammering that message from the pulpit long before anyone heard anything of a conservative resurgence in the SBC. But then I read Scriptures and found that there is one very clear contradiction.  Look at Proverbs 26:4-5. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. There it is.  Verse 4 tells me not to answer a fool according to his folly, then verse 5 contradicts that advice and gives me the opposite … [Read more...] about Dealing with Fools: Sorting Out a Biblical Contradiction

“Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person”.  (Matthew 15:10-11) Translation: All foods are clean.  I, Jesus, am declaring by my own authority that the ceremonial laws of Leviticus 11:1-47 no longer apply. We eat our pork chops and read through this very quickly without thinking about the offensive and sweeping claims that Jesus is making here.  He is overturning over a millennium worth of history and tradition.  That would be like going into a deeply traditional Southern Baptist church and … [Read more...] about Should the Scarecrow Scream

Herman Cain suspended his campaign today.  Not sure what that means, but I think it is clear - he's not going to be president. I'm not sure we know the truth now or whether we will ever know the real truth.  Did he sexually harass women and carry on a long-term affair with another woman or is he the victim of another character assassination by the hit-and-run media in America (and perhaps a political hit by campaign rivals)?  I don't know. But the political nomination process has become a bloodsport that produces one winner and a lot of broken lives.  Is this the way we really want to do … [Read more...] about Herman Cain Suspends Campaign

In an effort to keep our discussions focused on other posts, I thought I'd throw this up in case you want to talk trash. I think we all join in hoping that Georgia will rise up and smite the Tigers so that BAMA will be excluded from BCS bowl contention.  I just love those things on which we all agree.   … [Read more...] about A Football Playground

NOTE:  Since much of the discussion seems to focus on some questions about Driscoll's continuationism, you might want to hear what Driscoll says, not just what people say he says.  I have linked, at the end of this post, to a discussion he had with Douglas Wilson below.  Driscoll is far from some wacked-out crazy, folks.  He is a non-cessationist. He believes in the operation of supernatural gifts today.  Listen to Driscoll, not just those who attempt to shape him as some kind of nut. I don't like everything Mark Driscoll says nor the way he says it.  Not my style.  I'm more suit and tie, … [Read more...] about Thank God for Mark Driscoll

"Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world, Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world." That song has been a staple in Sunday Schools since I was wearing diapers, and long before.  And it expresses a noble theme - that the love of Christ is not racially-based.  Jesus saves people from all over the world.  In fact, back in the early sixties, when I was singing the song in Sunbeams and Sunday School and Vacation Bible School, the message was radical and counter-cultural for many Baptists across the … [Read more...] about “Red and Yellow, Black and White” – Why Must We Magnify Our Differences?