It is Saturday again. It will be Sunday again tomorrow, and this means many will make their familiar way, to a familiar church building, to hear a familiar preacher preach the familiar Word of God. This is a good thing, a great thing even. However, we must be certain it does not become a too [...]
I received a free sample of the ESV study bible over the gospel of Luke today. It looks to be a very helpful new study tool and has wonderful reviews from many evangelical leaders, including, Jerry Bridges, John Piper, Al Mohler, Mark Driscoll, and CJ Mahaney. It appears to be an OT Surveay, NT Survey, [...]
In our first ever guessing game here at Blasted Gourds we had some wonderful guesses. Rob Moore figured out it was a Wordle, but that does not count for much. Darrell Brandenburg got stuck on the shoe aspect, but gave some wonderful guesses. Rachel Mahl figured out what portion of Scripture it was and Todd [...]
Well, we have no winner in the what is it contest, but we have had some good guesses. It is a Wordle, Rob Moore gets props for getting that right. But the content of the wordle has yet to be guesses. The answer will be revealed tomorrow, so you still have time to guess! Maybe [...]
Here is a helpful post on Desiring God’s Blog dealing with common sins we like to blame others for rather than confessing them and turning from them. 1) Anger:I wouldn’t lose my temper if my co-workers were easier to get along with, or if my kids behaved better, or if my spouse were more considerate. [...]
Pulpit Magazine has two (part 1) (part 2)wonderful response articles by John MacArthur on why he loves the church. Here is a brief snippet from article 1. Evangelicals are far too prone to indifference about the church. Some evangelicals live on the periphery of the church, attending and observing without ever really becoming an integral part [...]
Is 2-3 hours long enough to call it a Lord’s Day? Why would a Christian need to set aside a whole day? Why would a Christian want to set aside a whole day? Walt Chantry has a wonderful answer. “If a Christian takes a bit of time on the Sabbath for private Bible reading and [...]
Lets see who can be the first one to get it right. What is this?
Last night at Prayer Meeting we looked briefly at Psalm 62. Stuart Townend and Aaron Keyes have teamed up to write a beautiful rendition of this Psalm and we hope to learn it as a congregation in the upcoming weeks. Here is a sample so you can wrap your head around the melody. This song [...]
