Posts by RBC (Page 26)
December
Be here Sunday morning for Romans chapter 16. The Apostle Paul’s Facebook. Be here Sunday night for our fellowship meal. Join us at 6:00. Bring a dish to share. Wear your tacky Christmas sweater (big, colossal, gigantic prizes awarded for the tackiest). We have two big outreach mornings on Sunday December 15 and December 22. The 15th our children will…
Photo-Scavenger Hunt Top 10
On Friday, November 15th the youth group had a photo-scavenger hunt event. This was always one of my favorite events when I was in the youth group, and so I was very excited for this day to come. It was an awesome time, so I wanted to share with you all my top ten from the night. These are not in any order. 10. “Best Youth Group” As the night progressed I…
news stories
Here are a few news items of particular interest to Christians and Churches — Pastor’s housing allowance (this decision happened right here in Wisconsin) http://erlc.com/article/erlc-guidestone-united-housing-allowance The Employment Non-Discrimination Act http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/11/13/the-faqs-enda/ Marriage and the common…
Archie
Seven quick thoughts – Archibald Alexander was the founding professor at Princeton. What’s not to love about the name Archibald? He lived from 1772-1851. Can you imagine a Professor at Princeton saying this today? I love the clarity with which he speaks of the saved and the unsaved. The image he paints of the ark and the fluttering dove finding rest is so…
prison poem
The iron bars slammed shut and he sat in the jail cell alone. His crime? Preaching the gospel. That’s what happened to John Bunyan in 1665. In that jail cell he wrote this poem. I am indeed in prison now In body, but my mind Is free to study Christ, and how Unto me he is kind. For tho’ men keep my outward man Within their locks and bars,…
10 Sentence Review — Samuel Rutherford
Ten Sentence Review of Letters of Samuel Rutherford This is an easy book to dip into for a few minutes from time to time as it does not need to be read carefully cover to cover. Rutherford is unashamed to express the depth of his love for Jesus. “I write not these letters with a dry face, yet I am confident that Christ shall oversway at the last though we suffer…
five quotes
Five gems from Letters to Malcolm The distance between the abstract “Does God hear petitionary prayers?” and the concrete “Will He – can He – grant our prayers for George?” is apparently infinite. The prayer preceding all prayer is “May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.” A man who first tried to guess ‘what…
10 sentence book review
Last night I finished “Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer” by C.S. Lewis Here is my ten sentence review… It’s only 123 pages. It’s filled with quotable lines. Divided up into 22 letters, it’s perfect for reading one each morning or evening. It isn’t a book of biblical or theological study. It isn’t a practical book on how to pray. If you have…
Authority
Three biblical truths about authority – 1. Authority begins in Genesis 2:16-17. God has absolute authority over us. Every biblical command depends upon that truth. And it is true. 2. Authority goes all the way through to the final judgment. Revelation 20:12. God the judge will hold to account those who have disobeyed and disregarded his authority. 3. Authority is…
It takes all the praying we can do
This is reposted from March 2012 … Dear Racine Bible Church, Today marks the beginning of our journey through Romans. I am writing you today for the purpose of soliciting your prayers. Would you pray for the preaching of the Word? Would you commit to pray, throughout this preaching series, that God will bring glory to Himself by causing His Word to…