tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211160062011-06-08T01:28:59.284-05:00I embrace Biblical Theology a.k.a. Calvinism, doctrines of grace, 5 solas And I love to share the Gospel!4givennoreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21116006.post-71173809635512430732009-05-30T20:24:00.000-05:002009-05-30T20:24:11.591-05:00

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My two girls spent the night at their grandparent's house last night. They woke up to rain that ended up quickly becoming a flash flood. It caused significant damage to their walk-out basement. One of my daughters was downstairs with Grandma when Grandma suddenly told her to go upstairs quickly. A rush of water started coming out of the toilets and then the door came off its hinges as the water

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This is a Japanese Maple in my front bed. It is one of my favorite trees.As we got closer while we were collecting a variety of leaves to study for Botany, we noticed something unusual.There was a nest. I told the girls that we needed to be careful not to disturb it or touch it, so I grabbed my iPhone to take pictures.We couldn't tell if there were any eggs, though we did see a bird fly away as

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I no longer post at this blog, but at my website HERE.

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Holy is the Lord by Chris Tomlin My son, Josh (lead electric) started playing this song and totally forgot to get out of Drop "D" from the previous song. His instructor told him, "No matter what happens, when you begin a performance, do not stop. Press on and do your best." Josh pressed on and did his best to compensate, but was very frustrated with himself. I was proud of him for listening

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My website is back online: www.4ever4given.com For the rest of this post, go to my website. My web host has assured me that the complications with my website were due to technical difficulties on their end.

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I have transferred and categorized my favorite blogs that were written here and I have began making new posts there. From now on, any new posts will be on my new website located here: http://www.4ever4given.com/My oldest son with the help of Tim Challies designed this new site.

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I decided to learn how to play a guitar. Why? Hand therapy. My last MS exacerbation wreaked havoc on the left side of my body, so as part of gaining back strength in my left hand, my nanny, whom I call "Jack of all trades, Answer to Prayer" (JackAP for short), and I went out to buy me a guitar. (JackAP has her own blog now... http://when-i-survey.blogspot.com/ )She is my hands when they do not

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1. Go back and read this if you have not read it yet: Adoption and Attachment Disorders from a Biblical Perspective 2. And then read this. It is a list of the symptoms of attachment disorders which reads like a list of the natural sin issues of any child... and even adults: Nihilo: What is an attachment disorder 3. And now read this. "The problem stems from the fact that, with my biological

4givennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21116006.post-1141832114017086392006-03-08T09:35:00.000-06:002006-03-10T10:34:39.356-06:00

Don't miss out on this: http://stevenjcamp.blogspot.com/2006/03/stupid-people-in-churchand-how-not-to.html#links

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"The only time the preacher is infallible is when he is reading straight from the Word of God."Go to this link to read what my pastor wrote about what most impacted him at The Shepherd's Conference: http://myhopecbc.blogspot.com/2006/03/only-word-is-pure.html

4givennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21116006.post-1141773143541729412006-03-07T16:32:00.000-06:002007-03-15T19:41:00.860-05:00

I love to memorize scripture... especially entire books. And it isn't easy when you are homeschooling 6 children. So here are a few tips:1. Don't just memorize a line of scripture here and there. It is too easy to take it out of context. Start with entire chapters of Psalms like Psalm 100 or Psalm 1. Then move on to larger portions of scripture, like Luke 2:1-20 (as a family we recite this

4givennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21116006.post-1141494358812281812006-03-04T11:45:00.000-06:002006-03-07T08:53:43.283-06:00

My husband and I adopted twins last year. I use to be their Great Aunt. Now I get to be their mommy. It hasn't been easy (here is a link to a bit of the challenges we have encountered http://god-willing.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-have-been-diagnosed-with-insanabile.html ) But words cannot describe how much I love these boys.I posed a question to friends of mine that have 11 children... 8 are adopted

4givennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21116006.post-1141224317593275802006-03-01T07:43:00.000-06:002006-03-09T15:37:20.833-06:00

This post is based on a speaking testimony I gave for Stonecroft ministries which was based on a magazine article I wrote for "Today's Christian Doctor."Even though my husband and I had determined that divorce would never be an option, we were fast approaching that end.Our marriage vows had sounded very poetic at the alter, but I found these promises impossible to keep in light of my husband's

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... in other words, an incurable passion to write... It is like an itch I have to scratch!Now, notice if you will, the Latin word insanabile.What English word does that remind you of?Okay... here goes:I have alot of children. Some I know have alot more... some have alot less. But according to today's 2.5 children per household... well, I have alot. And some have expressed wonder almost to the

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"If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest expression every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and

4givennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21116006.post-1140876503275890792006-02-25T07:54:00.000-06:002006-02-25T10:44:48.173-06:00

When I first got married, I really lacked godly fear. My husband came from a rich God-fearing heritage. Without excuse... even though I did not, I really had no fear of God. I thought of Him as a buddy. Not as an all-powerful, Holy God to be appropriately revered. Now I know there is a balance... but this is an attribute of God that we tend to sadly forget.I would often say flippently, "Oh my Go_

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http://www.reformationtheology.com/2006/02/there_may_be_more_than_one_way_1.phpis a link to one of the best posts I have ever read on this world-wide web blogosphere thingy... click and enjoy.

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I recently read a post in which someone said Calvinism is a virus.My response:Calvinism... a virus? No. SIN is a virus... a soul sickness of which man makes merry with this disease.While Arminianism is a doctrinal plague that infects truth. .. Calvinism is Biblical truth.And if Calvinism is a virus, it is one worth catching..."May we call all men everywhere to repent; to be infected with the

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The hardest thing I have ever written about or spoken about is my abortion. When I began compiling research for my first speaking engagement, I remember crying out to God... "I can't do this. It is too much. Too painful."The details are horrid... what is done to an unborn child. The research went beyond grueling. I had an abortion in complete ignorance of what I was doing... knowing what I know

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No... merely inconsistencies with man... coupled with superficial interpretations.

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So please live it out like there is no tomorrow... treat your children like the gifts that they are. They are not annoyances. They are precious. Every breath is precious. There is only but one life on this earth to live... live it well, for the glory of the sovereign Lord."Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up

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Ronald Reagan published a booklet during an election year called "Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation." http://www.nationalreview.com/document/reagan200406101030.aspThis was considered political suicide... and yet, he was re-elected. (providentially)In this book, Reagan wrote, "We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life --the unborn-- without diminshing the value of all human

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The closer I get to the Lord and the more I try to live for Him,the more I mourn over all that dishonours Him..My failures are many, excuseless and senseless...but yet He makes known to me His mercy & grace.I have dishonoured Him even in my attempts to live for Him;For all that I do is tainted with sin.... and yet, He forgives, He comforts, He assures.Sorrowful in this flesh, this body of death;

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... and I LOVE to be around the people I work for. I have the BEST job around. I am surrounded by people who want to... who try their best to please me. I get rewarded several times a day... bonuses that go beyond your imagination.For I am a wife and mother.And my bonuses are simple pleasures like chocolate covered kisses from the mouth of my 3 year old smeared onto my cheek.I am, by the grace of

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If man has the free will to "choose" it?When a "carnal Christian" comes in view essentially destroying the work of grace, making obedience and submission to Christ "optional"... then truly, what is the point of grace.Are we not to be "a witness to the life of grace in the soul"? a "picture of grace embodied in a vessel of clay"... a "living proof of a living God"?"fire insurance" salvation..."

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I love how Pink poetically illustrates ARMINIANISM:He says, it is "a religion of conditions, contingencies and uncertainties" and "is not Christianity" but "the daughter of Rome. It is that God-dishonouring, Scripture-repudiating, soul-destroying system of Popery whose father is the devil which prates about human merit, creature ability, works of supererogation and a lot more blasphemous rubbish,

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Ouch.That was said to me soon after I first became a genuine Christian. And it hurt. It also caused me evaluate the actions in my life that triggered such a comment. I deserved it.I made alot of promises I rarely kept and that had to stop.Thankfully God does not reveal the full extent of our stench all at once. Am I attentive or do I bury my head in the sand when God graciously reveals sin-issues

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This made me cringe and cry out to God. I seriously thought this site could not possibly be real.They state-"Glorify God:With your dear husband, you earned a fortune trading spices from the Orient. Since his death, it has fallen on you to uphold and advance the family reputation. For a traditionalist like you, the best way to gain the respect of your community is by commissioning an altarpiece

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According to Pink in regards to GOD'S INHERITANCE in "Comfort forChristians", Pink states, "...there is something that GOD needs, namely, vessels. Just as the sun needs the earth to shine upon, so God needs vessels to fill, vessels through which HIS glory may be reflected, vessels in which the riches of HIS grace may be lavished..." I am struggling with this. Perhaps it is because I am

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There are only two types of people... Non-Christians and Christians. Non-Christians aren't "less spiritual Christians" in that there is no such thing as a "Carnal Christian." THey are truly "those who live according to the sinful nature" and "have their minds set on what that nature desires."They live by the sinful nature. Their minds are on earthly things.Christians are those "who live in

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My husband reads the Bible to our family in the evenings. We are reading through I Samuel. Last night he read chapter 2. In verses 22-25 is Eli's rebuke of his wicked sons. Verse 25 says, "But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the LORD desired to put them to death." Is that fair?...It is Perfectly fair.The Lord essentially chose to leave them in their natural state of

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I cannot find a scriptural argument that agrees with a woman being a full-time missionary that is put in a Pastoral position or a teaching position over men. I strongly and scripturally believe that if God calls a single woman into the mission field, he will make a way for her to be a missionary that does not forsake the clear Biblical role of a woman... in other words, God will make a way for

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I've caught some flack for my specific Biblical stances. For instance, I know that my God is sovereign, that satan is essentially God's ape and never operates beyond God's leash... and there is no such thing as an accident ("In Him we live and move and have our being!")... and yes I am a 5 point Calvinist. Not because I have let my theology interpret scripture, but because it is Biblical Theology

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...Is this a statement of poor excuse for those claiming to be Christians and yet refusing involvement in a local church body. But what happens if you have been burned unscripturally by a local church or there are no sound churches within 200 miles or so from you?Spurgeon actually has something quite funny to say about that. He basically says that if you find yourself stuck in a church where the

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This is my oldest sons comment after watching Sproul speak on Luther in which Sproul equated genius' walking a thin line... of being possibly insane. (When you see my profile picture you will notice my enormous forehead that might remind you of "The Brain" from "Pinky and the Brain." Though the resemblance is uncanny, we are not related, and I have no desire to take over the world. What a mess

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"We have somehow got hold of the idea that error is only that which is outrageouly wrong; and we do not seem to understand that the most dangerous person of all is the one who does not emphasize the right things." --D. Martin Lloyd Jones

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This is what my daughter said when she saw me after I finished watching "The Patriot" with my oldest sons and husband. One of the few great movies. My favorite line is actually from the frenchman... "If I am going to die, I want to be well dressed.", or something like that. (Watching this movie with a filter is so nice... there are alot of cuss words and a few things that are just not necessary

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If you are looking for a game that requires absolute ignorance of the Bible... well, I have a game for you.MISSIONARY CONQUESTYes, that is what I said.Now, "Conquest" defined is "the act of conquering."A "Missionary" according to Webster is "someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program."In this game by D & E Enterprises (a.k.a. "Dumb and Egnorant"... oops, did I

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I tend not to sleep a whole lot sometimes. I go through phases. This is one of those nights... I lie there staring up at the ceiling, thinking, praying... and then I get up and study my Bible and feed my soul, quench my thirst. (that would NOT be with coffee... and you would never catch my husband kneeling beside my bed saying "Your java, sweet princess.")THis time I contemplated addictions. I

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The title of this particular blog actually came from someone reviewing a book by Swindoll... hmmm. Why does that not surprise me?Now put your teeth back in cause I am going to recommend 3 books that are meaty:1. The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, and Documented by David C. Steel, Curtis C. Thomas & S. Lance Quinn: Quote: "Basically, a Calvinist worldview first sees things as they

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http://faithandpractice.blogspot.com/ has an article called "The Power of Persecution" that I responded to. It is very good. Here is my response to it:So sadly true your comment: "The reactions of many believers include subduing our testimony for Christ, blending in with the system, watering down the Gospel, etc."I Love to share the Gospel. Our family, siblings, aunts, uncles, parents included,

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Even in this present age, where being a Homemaker and Home Educator is not highly regarded, where submitting to ones husband is likened to being a doormat, where choosing to rightfully fear God, proclaiming the true Gospel, embracing the Doctrines of Grace... choosing to dress modestly for the sake of honoring my Lord and my husband are things considered ancient, dated, legalistic... but I LOVE

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The following application was copied for us by one of the Elders at our church who gave it to a young man to fill out before he could court their daughter:Court of Parental AuthorityCase No.: 12-3-456789-1In re the issue of:(name of the young man), Petitionerand(names of the parents), Respondent(s)Regarding personal discussion the evening of September 16, Respondent(s) being in temporary state of

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Isaiah 1:18 says, "...Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow..." 

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Psalm 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;I wrote a poem one day called "You Are My God"I guess it's a poem... one that doesn't rhyme.It came to mind as a result of studying God's Word:God weighs my heart and judges me righteously;He tests my mind and His eyes penetrate the depths of my soul.I cannot hide.He knows my ways and this comforts me;He

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The Church Report was actually pleased to announce this year’s list of The 50 Most Influential Christians in America...I am more astonished. (like that cat...)Thanks to the DISILLUSIONED readers of the magazine as well as the online readers for contributing over 150,000 nominations. They write: "Each of the people on this list is most deserving of this recognition"... for what... HERESY! (I see

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No really... "Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy" is an article about the mixing of human stem cells with embryonic animals to create new species they are associating with chimeras—a hybrid creature that's part human, part animal. (chimeras—named after a monster in Greek mythology that had a lion's head, goat's body, and serpent's tail)The article states, "Scientists feel that, the more

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The emergent church calls themselves the "doing"church. They claim to "live out"Christianity while other churches focus on orthodoxy. They embrace "contextual Theology" in which they define that as "A way of doing theology in which one takes into account: the spirit and message of the gospel; the tradition of the Christian people; the culture in which one is theologising; and social change in

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There are alot of references to feet in the Bible. The washing of feet, Moses and then Joshua taking off their sandals while on Holy ground and thus revealing their feet (Ex.3:5, Josh.5:15), the angels around the throne of heaven having wings to cover their feet, feet being annointed (Lk.7:36-50), feet being kissed (Lk.7:38), golden rings worn on feet (Ex. 37:3), feet being cut off and hung up

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