Wait . . . haven’t I heard this before?

Just heard about a proposed decision on a recent case in the PCA that had been appealed to the Standing Judicial Commission. There are a number of interesting points in the proposed decision of the majority but look at this one:
The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America is of course subject to and subordinate [...]

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Quick Book Reviews

Here are my brief takes on some interesting novels I’ve read recently:
The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst – A linguisist’s wife dies unexpectedly amid curious circumstances and the only one to see her on the last day of her life was the family dog. So the linguist does what any of us would do [...]

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Experiencing Egypt in the Wilderness

After the Children of Israel had been freed from bondage in Egypt they were commanded to take the land of Canaan as their reward and inheritance, but they quailed in fear. So God determined for the next forty years they would wander in the wilderness and that everyone of age, save Joshua and Caleb would [...]

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The taxman

According to the Americans for Tax Reform, in 2005: Americans worked 185 days to pay taxes and comply with the regulatory costs of government at the federal, state and local levels. In other words, the cost of government consumes 50.4 percent of national income. That means that every day’s salary up to July 4 went [...]

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Worship and public safety

“One reason why we Christians argue so much about which hymn to sing, which liturgy to follow, which way to worship is that the commandments teach us to believe that bad liturgy eventually leads to bad ethics. You begin by singing some sappy, sentimental hymn, then you pray some pointless prayer, and the next thing [...]

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The tender mercies of the wicked

Flannery O’Connor once described the “liberal” mindset (which is of course anything but liberal) to Cecil Dawkins in a letter written in 1958:
The Liberal approach is that man has never fallen, never incurred guilt, and is ultimately perfectible by his own unaided efforts. Therefore, evil in this light is a problem of better housing, sanitation, [...]

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From Russia with love

so, I’m minding my own business when I get an email containing this link.
Amazing
[reminds me of Doug Wilson especially, the lead singer]

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Islam’s public enemy #1

Here’s how to defeat Islam. Botros is not intimidated by the fact that he has a $5 million bounty on his head. He’s not moved by anger, vengefulness, or arrogance. He’s moved by a love for Muslims and a desire for their salvation. While military might and political diplomacy fail miserably, grace conquers.
[thanks to Barb [...]

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Jericho

Knowing how enamored I am by disasters of epic proportions and my penchant for crisis management (!), some fanatical fanlings of the TV series “Jericho” have been encouraging me to watch the first season (this was prior to its cancellation, they are much more subdued at present). So I did. I thought it was interesting, [...]

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Illuminating

I’m not one who finds neat things on the Internet. I never have been able to use Google like everybody else I know (who seemingly can find anything within 30 seconds). But occasionally I stumble across a really nice site, like this one — (now of course, I’ll learn that everybody has known about this [...]

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