R.C. Sproul 1939-2017

A giant. Never forgotten. Well done good and faithful servant. I can just picture the party when he arrived. All giants of the Reformation sitting together talking about God and all His glory forever. Amen

32nd Birthday

Random but I know today is significant because I just wrote my Red Seal Plumbing exam. And this year marks the end of my plumbing and gasfitting apprenticeship. I got indentured as soon as I got a job in a plumbing company after moving back from Beijing to my home town in Alberta. There is so much that God has accomplished since we started with my $18 an hour wage paying a mortage on a 2 bedroom condo that I co-signed with my parents and just last year moving into a 2 storey 2100 sqft house thanks to my mother-in-law. It has been a long emotiinal struggle but always giving it up to pray. And at times when I couldn't pray, others did. I am thankful to God for putting such loving people in my life. I am also just so grateful for my hard working wife. I mean it. She is the hardest worker in the family. I see it carry on into our daughter. She makes me so proud. Every day.

Thank the Lord for all that He does!

R.C. Sproul - The Truth is Meant to Divide

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Jihad & Radical Islam

jihad

or jehad

[ji-hahd] 

noun

1.

a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims.

2.    any vigorous, emotional crusade for an idea or principle.

radical

[rad-i-kuh l] 

adjective

1.

of or going to the root or origin; fundamental:

a radical difference.

2.

thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change fromaccepted or traditional forms:

a radical change in the policy of a company.

3.

favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms:

radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues.

Encyclopedia Britannica:

Jihad, also spelled jehad , (“struggle,” or “battle”), a religious duty imposed on Muslims to spread Islam by waging war; jihad has come to denote any conflict waged for principle or belief and is often translated to mean “holy war.”

Thank you Dictionary.com and Encyclopedia Britannica for not being "politically correct" like Wikipedia or BBC amongst other PC friendly sources on the definition of Jihad.

Challenge: Didn't Jesus Say He Wants Christians to Kill All Non-Believers?

August 05, 2014 | STR.org

Challenge: Didn't Jesus Say He Wants Christians to Kill All Non-Believers?

In “Top 50 Questions Christians Can’t Answer,” the author asks many questions about the problem of evil, sin, and hell, but since we’ve covered those things a few times before, I thought #25 would be an interesting one for you. It touches on a subject I don’t think we’ve practiced explaining in a challenge yet: hermeneutics:

25 – In the book of Luke chapter 19 verse 27, Jesus says, "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." This seems pretty clear that Jesus would have Christians kill all non-believers. How do you explain this? Convert them or kill them, right?

If an atheist challenged you with this, could you explain how biblical interpretation works, along with your answer to his question? 

Posted by Amy Hall at STR.org on August 05, 2014 at 03:00 AM

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Quote of the Month

The Bible teaches the worst part about yourself. You need to be exposed to the thing you both fear and hate, and that's where salvation lies.

Public Reading of Scripture

Believers' Baptism

In his book, David Horton describes believers' baptism as "The practice in which the rite is reserved for those who profess faith in Jesus Christ. Implied is that the recipient either an adult or has reached the 'age of accountability.' " Sometimes referred to as "age of reason"; the point at which a child is believed (by some Christians) to be responsible for knowing right from wrong, or capable of understanding and appropriating God's gift of salvation. Some hold this age to be seven, some thirteen (after Jewish custom), while others believe it differs for each child.
Lutherans hold the view that baptism communicates grace. It produces forgiveness of sin; necessary for salvation. Infant baptism is necessary; God works faith in them. For Calvanists baptism is only for believers; it's a sign of faith, but children are baptized to show they are in covenant. Anabaptist believe it is only for believers; infant baptism is rejected.
According to the Paul Enns, reformed believers taught that the sacraments are to be administered only to believers as signs of their faith. God does, however, communicate His grace through sacraments.

Happy Baptism Day to My Wife

Ambassadors of Christ

Dear Michael,

Paul says you and I are “ambassadors for Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:20). But what does that mean? Well, an ambassador is someone who represents the desires of his king in a foreign land. 

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Children Are Predisposed To Believe In God

Children Are Predisposed To Believe In God, Oxford Study Concludes 

By James Bishop -October 15, 2016 

"....it’s not something we adopt out of youthful imagination. It’s something we are born with."

A study on the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, and philosophy from 57 academics in 20 countries around the world suggests that thought processes are “rooted” to religious concepts.

10 Ways you are being unfaithful to your spouse — and you don't even know it

Having an affair is not even on your radar. Never gonna happen. You love your spouse and you'd never be unfaithful to her or him. However, you may be unaware of other ways you are being unfaithful. If these actions continue, you may find yourself on the slippery slope that leads to that never-intended affair and a sorrow you never wanted in your life.

Read more: https://familyshare.com/19794/10-ways-you-are-being-unfaithful-to-your-spouse-and-you-dont-even-know-it