Yesterday, my wife Deborah and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. It was nice to have Deborah’s parents here to celebrate with us.
My thoughts about my married life thus far:
There is no way I have been married for 14 years!!!
Well, I do have five children–guess it might be that long.
We have moved seven times in [...]
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Last Friday, I sent off my soon-to-be twelve-year-old daughter to the mission field of inner-city Minneapolis. For 10 days, she and other young people from our church will be ministering to the children, congregations, and surrounding communities of two Bible-believing church, which happen to be in not-so-safe neighborhoods.
No human beings on this planet have seen greater [...]
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His life could not have been going any better.
And then the phone rang.
He was an evangelist who preached the Word with the Holy Spirit's authority and power. He was the most sought-after evangelist in his denomination. If you wanted him to come and preach in your church, you had to get in line and wait for [...]
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I have to admit–I struggle with all the issues everybody else seems to within fundamentalism:
What attire is acceptable for believers? Is it hypocritical if I dress up on Sunday morning but not on Sunday night? Will my wife be a stumblingblock to other believers if she wears pants in public?
What music can I listen to? [...]
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Worship God Live is the latest live recording from Sovereign Grace Music, capturing two evenings in February 2005 at Covenant Life Church. Featuring worship leaders Bob Kauflin and Pat Sczebel, this CD includes 14 new songs from two generations of songwriters – Bob Kauflin, Mark Altrogge, Stephen Altrogge, Steve & Vikki Cook, Pat Sczebel, Jonathan Baird, [...]
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The Purposes Of Lifting Hands In Worship
If worship is truly our response to the truth of God (and I am referring specifically to praying and singing, although I realize that worship involves much more), I would see lifted hands as symbolic of three God-ward responses. The first response would be our blessing the name [...]
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The Positions Against Lifting Hands In Worship
Before I attempt to address the views of those opposed to the practice of lifting hands in worship, I must admit that I have virtually no sources for what I present as the primary reasons not to lift one’s hands. This is not due to a lack of [...]
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I will be on a pastoral retreat for the next few days and then on vacation through June 16th. So…the silence will probably continue for a while. Along the way, I intend to post the rest of Josh's article on "Holy Hands." I look forward to the discussion. I'm sure Josh is willing to interact [...]
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I am writing this paper in response to a question put to me by some of the teens in our church’s youth group. It seems that a former youth worker invited the students to lift their hands while singing, encouraging them not to “hinder their joy.” However, after this youth worker left the practice [...]
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