Good advice–I think–from Abraham Piper.
Archive for March, 2008
Six Reasons Pastors Should Blog
Posted in Variety Pack on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
God is Sanctifying Michigan
Posted in Pleased with God on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Right now God is washing away the piled up and dirty remnants of winter with our first spring thunderstorm.
Quote of the Day
Posted in Gospel, Quote of the Day on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jonathan Edwards…
“For he offered a sacrifice, that was sufficient to do away all the guilt of the world. Though the guilt of man was like great mountains, whose heads are lifted up to the heavens; yet his dying love, and his merits, appeared as a mighty deluge that overflowed the highest mountains, or like a [...]
Humor and Talent are Gifts from God
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., Pleased with God on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m wishing I had learned about Victor Borge earlier than last year.
Um…Where Can I Get One?
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And, um….what is it? I don’t know if he’s serious, but he sure seems sincere.
I love how he inserts that, “Now basically…” like he’s trying to tame the description down.
Yeah, It’s Like That?
Posted in Classical Education on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ross is on the Mend
Posted in Family, Goings On on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surgery was Wednesday, March 26. It was done outpatient!
Nine pins. Two plates. One very happy surgeon.
Ross with his roving pain-control pack (3/28).
Quote of the Day
Posted in Classical Education, Quote of the Day on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
J.I. Packer, explaining why the Puritans insisted on inserting so many Uses (or Applications) into every sermon and strung every precept out to be reworked from so many angles. Their insistence on doing so is aggravating to the modern readers who only like to lick the fat off the theory instead of enjoying the rich [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Quote of the Day on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
General George Patton…
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
How Careful is Your Eye?
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting Tidbit
Posted in Family, Goings On on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Recap: My 15 yr. old brother broke his left elbow at church on Wednesday night by falling hard in the gym during a basketball game.
History: In 1992 as a 15 year old I broke my left elbow at school by falling hard in the hallway during a recess soccer game…approximately 15 paces away from where [...]
A Good Reason to Mosey South Tomorrow Morning
Posted in Family, Pleased with God on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1059 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008
…SNOWFALL POTENTIAL FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…
. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS MOVING ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN [...]
Update
Posted in Family on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ross’ orthopedic surgeon considers this a complicated break. The pictures in the previous post were enough to convince me. The bone is broken near and on the joint. He has asked an elbow specialist to take the case, and he will. This will make the likelihood of needing to purposefully break another bone during surgery [...]
A Not So Humorous Humerus Break
Posted in Family on March 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Tonight just before 6p, my brother Ross fell and broke his left arm while playing basketball at church. He was to the hospital within 30 minutes, and I was there before 7p. It’s two pretty severe breaks and a dislocation so tonight they set the bone back in place so it didn’t cause [...]
Boys Wanted
Posted in Family, Patriarchy on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Boy Wanted
Frank Crane
This “want ad” appeared in the early part of this century:
Wanted — A boy that stands straight, sits straight, acts straight, and talks straight;
A boy whose fingernails are not in mourning, whose ears are clean, whose shoes are polished, whose clothes are brushed, whose hair is combed, and whose teeth [...]
Remembering to Remember History
Posted in Apologetics, Pilgrimesque on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a video from Maranatha’s Conference on Biblical Fundamentalism. There are some good points made in introductory remarks by Dave Burggraff…
We have lost an appreciation for the dead guys.
We can easily lose all sense of heritage in three generations.
We do not have a great historical self-consciousness.
Free Book
Posted in Recommendation, Variety Pack on March 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Missionary Aviation Fellowship is offering a completely free copy of their book Jungle Pilot, the story of Nate Saint. You can request your copy here.
I Hope You Love Spurgeon
Posted in Gospel, Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God on March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a wonderful devotional Spurgeon wrote…
“Search the Scriptures.” John 5:39
The Greek word here rendered search signifies a strict, close, diligent, curious search, such as men make when they are seeking gold, or hunters when they are in earnest after game. We must not rest content with having given a superficial reading to a chapter [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Quote of the Day on March 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Abraham Piper…
“Everyone always thinks they’re right. The moment we discover we’re wrong, we’ve already changed our mind, and we think we’re right again.”
In Cool vs Cool, Cool Always Wins
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Celebrating Drew
Posted in Family, Pleased with God on March 12, 2008 | 21 Comments »
“Trust ye in the Lord forever for in the LORD Jehovah is everlasting strength.”
This is an email I sent on March 10, 2007:
From: RyBoom4@aol.com
To: RyBoom4@aol.com
Sent: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 7:12 PM
Subject: prayer request
Please pray for my sister Dana. She is in her 28th week of pregnancy and after a difficult night last night, [...]
Get Blown Away, Guys
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., The Things of This World on March 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Four Masters
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have no idea why I haven’t posted this earlier, but here are four geniuses working together: Ma, McFerrin, Meyer and O’Conner.
Bridal Shower
Posted in Family on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Danielle and Eddy are home this weekend from BJ for Dani’s wedding shower.
Cool New Slow Motion Camera
Posted in The Things of This World on March 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Easy PDF
Posted in Recommendation on March 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wish you could easily convert files to PDF without the cost of Adobe Acrobat? doPDF is a free and very simple program that downloads very painlessly. After installation, it’s a simple conversion. While viewing the file or spreadsheet you wish to convert, you click “print”, choose the “doPDF” option from the list [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Quote of the Day on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Paul Harvey…
“I’ve never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.”
John Adams is Coming
Posted in Classical Education, The Things of This World, Variety Pack on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I don’t have HBO, but I’m sure the DVD will be out shortly after is shows. Last month I listened to McCullough’s biography of Adams. Here is the trailer for the upcoming mini-series.
What a Pilot!
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quote of the Day
Posted in Classical Education on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Ruskin…
“The entire object of true education is to make people not merely to do the right things, but to enjoy them; not merely industrious, but to love industry; not merely learned, but to love knowledge; not merely pure, but to love purity; not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice.”