With so many folks out of town, we are going to combine efforts with our sister church in Manchester, NH
The service will be in Manchester, here is the website for directions and general information.
10 a.m. Worship Service.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A blog everyone should be following
A blog everyone should be following, and praying along with this family.
A PCA minister in Western PA and his family's struggle with a rare disease that has affected their oldest daughter. Very heart wrenching stuff, but the witness of the gospel is impressive. This family seeks to be transparent and honest in their thoughts and feelings.
Here is the link to their blog. I have been a subscriber, I would encourage more to do so as well.
A PCA minister in Western PA and his family's struggle with a rare disease that has affected their oldest daughter. Very heart wrenching stuff, but the witness of the gospel is impressive. This family seeks to be transparent and honest in their thoughts and feelings.
Here is the link to their blog. I have been a subscriber, I would encourage more to do so as well.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Modern Cathedral
I first saw this on CNN and did some research.
Instead of building the standard large gymnasium looking building, Calvary Church in Charlotte built this structure.
I think it is an interesting take on the traditional cathedral. What do you think?
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Pew Forum Research on Freedom of Religion
The Study has surprised a lot of people, 70% of the World's Population live in Countries that restrict Religious Freedom. India and China make up the bulk of that statistic.
We maybe a Global Society open to free trade, but not freedom of religion.
Click Here to read the CT Article on the Research
We maybe a Global Society open to free trade, but not freedom of religion.
Click Here to read the CT Article on the Research
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 11:1-9
Gen. 11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
Gen. 11:2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Gen. 11:3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
Gen. 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
Gen. 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
Gen. 11:6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Gen. 11:7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Gen. 11:8 So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
Gen. 11:9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused* the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth
Gen. 11:2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Gen. 11:3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
Gen. 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
Gen. 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
Gen. 11:6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Gen. 11:7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Gen. 11:8 So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
Gen. 11:9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused* the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth
Friday, December 04, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 8
Gen. 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
Gen. 8:2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
Gen. 8:3 and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated,
Gen. 8:4 and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Gen. 8:5 And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
Gen. 8:6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made
Gen. 8:7 and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.
Gen. 8:8 Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.
Gen. 8:9 But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.
Gen. 8:10 He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Gen. 8:11 And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
Gen. 8:12 Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.
Gen. 8:13 In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Gen. 8:14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out.
Gen. 8:15 Then God said to Noah,
Gen. 8:16 “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
Gen. 8:17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
Gen. 8:18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
Gen. 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark.
Gen. 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Gen. 8:21 And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse* the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Gen. 8:22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
Gen. 8:2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
Gen. 8:3 and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated,
Gen. 8:4 and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Gen. 8:5 And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
Gen. 8:6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made
Gen. 8:7 and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.
Gen. 8:8 Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.
Gen. 8:9 But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.
Gen. 8:10 He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Gen. 8:11 And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
Gen. 8:12 Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.
Gen. 8:13 In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Gen. 8:14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out.
Gen. 8:15 Then God said to Noah,
Gen. 8:16 “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
Gen. 8:17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
Gen. 8:18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
Gen. 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark.
Gen. 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Gen. 8:21 And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse* the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Gen. 8:22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
Monday, November 30, 2009
In Memory of Les Mason
Details of Les Mason's Funeral can be found in the obituary in the Nashua Telegraph.
Click Here to read the notice.
Click Here to read the notice.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 6:9-7:24
Gen. 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
Gen. 6:10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen. 6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen. 6:12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Gen. 6:13 And God said to Noah, l“I have determined to make an end of all flesh,* for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Gen. 6:14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.* Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
Gen. 6:15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits,* its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.
Gen. 6:16 Make a roof* for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. Gen. 6:17 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
Gen. 6:18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
Gen. 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
Gen. 6:20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.
Gen. 6:21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.”
Gen. 6:22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Gen. 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Gen. 7:2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals,* the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate,
Gen. 7:3 and seven pairs* of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
Gen. 7:4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing* that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.”
Gen. 7:5 And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
Gen. 7:6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
Gen. 7:7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
Gen. 7:8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
Gen. 7:9 two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah.
Gen. 7:10 And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
Gen. 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
Gen. 7:12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen. 7:13 On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark,
Gen. 7:14 they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature.
Gen. 7:15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
Gen. 7:16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in.
Gen. 7:17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Gen. 7:18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
Gen. 7:19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
Gen. 7:20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits* deep.
Gen. 7:21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
Gen. 7:22 Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
Gen. 7:23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
Gen. 7:24 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
Gen. 6:10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen. 6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen. 6:12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Gen. 6:13 And God said to Noah, l“I have determined to make an end of all flesh,* for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Gen. 6:14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.* Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
Gen. 6:15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits,* its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.
Gen. 6:16 Make a roof* for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. Gen. 6:17 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
Gen. 6:18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
Gen. 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
Gen. 6:20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.
Gen. 6:21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.”
Gen. 6:22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Gen. 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Gen. 7:2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals,* the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate,
Gen. 7:3 and seven pairs* of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
Gen. 7:4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing* that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.”
Gen. 7:5 And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
Gen. 7:6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
Gen. 7:7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
Gen. 7:8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
Gen. 7:9 two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah.
Gen. 7:10 And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
Gen. 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
Gen. 7:12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen. 7:13 On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark,
Gen. 7:14 they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature.
Gen. 7:15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
Gen. 7:16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in.
Gen. 7:17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Gen. 7:18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
Gen. 7:19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
Gen. 7:20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits* deep.
Gen. 7:21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
Gen. 7:22 Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
Gen. 7:23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
Gen. 7:24 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 5:28-6:8
Gen. 5:28 ¶ When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son
Gen. 5:29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
Gen. 5:30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen. 5:31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
Gen. 5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen. 6:1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
Gen. 6:2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
Gen. 6:3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in* man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”
Gen. 6:4 The Nephilim* were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
Gen. 6:5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen. 6:6 And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
Gen. 6:7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
Gen. 6:8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Gen. 5:29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
Gen. 5:30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen. 5:31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
Gen. 5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen. 6:1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
Gen. 6:2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
Gen. 6:3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in* man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”
Gen. 6:4 The Nephilim* were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
Gen. 6:5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen. 6:6 And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
Gen. 6:7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
Gen. 6:8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Makoto Fujimura
Heard about him at the lecture Friday, which I enjoyed. Japanese Artist in NYC who is a Christian and Reformed. Enjoy!
Friday, October 30, 2009
CT Article on current debate on Justification
This is a recent article in Christianity Today that talks about the growing debate about the doctrine on Justification. The PCA is mentioned given the debate a few years ago at General Assembly in Memphis.
Interesting read, a topic that reveals that some Protestants are returning to Rome.
Interesting read, a topic that reveals that some Protestants are returning to Rome.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
AP News Article on Ministry in New England
Rev. Doug Warren, a member of my Presbytery is quoted in the article. Good read, gives a pretty good assessment of ministry in New England.
Click Here, to read the article.
Click Here, to read the article.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 3:14-24
Gen. 3:14 The LORD God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
Gen. 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring* and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Gen. 3:16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be for* your husband,
and he shall rule over you.”
Gen. 3:17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Gen. 3:18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Gen. 3:19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”
Gen. 3:20 The man called his wife’s name Eve,* because she was the mother of all living.
Gen. 3:21 And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
Gen. 3:22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”
Gen. 3:23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
Gen. 3:24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
Gen. 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring* and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Gen. 3:16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be for* your husband,
and he shall rule over you.”
Gen. 3:17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Gen. 3:18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Gen. 3:19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”
Gen. 3:20 The man called his wife’s name Eve,* because she was the mother of all living.
Gen. 3:21 And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
Gen. 3:22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”
Gen. 3:23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
Gen. 3:24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thomas Boston
I am referring to him again in the sermon because of his work, The Four fold State of Man. Excellent work, a must read.
Thomas Boston
Monday, October 26, 2009
“The Humanity of John Calvin”
This Friday, a special lecture will be taking place in Manchester, NH.
Thirteenth Annual Reformation Day Conference
on the 500th Anniversary of Calvin’s birth
"The Humanity of John Calvin"
John Calvin (1509 – 1564)
Lecturer: Dr Gregory Edward Reynolds
The lecture will present a portrait of the humanity of Reformer John Calvin
in response to his many detractors past and present.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 AT 7:30 PM
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AMOSKEAG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
95 Brook Street, Manchester
Call 668-3069 or visit www.amoskeagchurch.org
personally, I refer to him as Jean Calvin. Look at the picture, isn't it obvious he is French?
Friday, October 23, 2009
Brainerd to Judson
Just finished reading David Brainerd, his journal and diary. Very good, enjoyed his personal writings more than his public journal for he missionary society from Scotland. Overall, really enjoyed it, and thought it was well worth the time. Some good quotes and thoughts from a man who suffered so much.
Now on to Adoniram Judson, reading To the Golden Shore, a biography on Judson. So far, it has been a great read, I am up to the formation of the Missionary Society. Not sure if I will finish it, I am mostly interested in New England and the majority of the book deals with his time in Burma. Not a complaint, it should spend most of it's time on the mission field. But I have a duel purpose in reading. One for transformation, and secondly for research. I have already found it useful for locating local New England historical spots. Looking forward to visiting these locations in the coming weeks.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 3:1-13 (ESV)
Gen. 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You* shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
Gen. 3:2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
Gen. 3:3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Gen. 3:4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
Gen. 3:5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Gen. 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,* she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Gen. 3:7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Gen. 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Gen. 3:9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”*
Gen. 3:10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
Gen. 3:11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
Gen. 3:12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
Gen. 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Gen. 3:2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
Gen. 3:3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Gen. 3:4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
Gen. 3:5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Gen. 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,* she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Gen. 3:7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Gen. 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Gen. 3:9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”*
Gen. 3:10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
Gen. 3:11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
Gen. 3:12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
Gen. 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Atheists coming to the NYC Subway
This has been spreading across Great Britain, and has finally landed in North America. Not surprisingly, first stop, NYC.
The messages of Atheism in the NYC subway system are popping up prior to the holiday season. My only problem with this is this notion of a "debaptism". Is that really necessary? Or even possible? Not really in my opinion.
What I find annoying is statements like this, from the article...
"John Rafferty, president of the Secular Humanist Society of New York, another member group of the coalition, said the ads are in no way an anti-religious campaign"
Really? Then stop suggesting debaptism.
Click Here to read the Article from CNN
The messages of Atheism in the NYC subway system are popping up prior to the holiday season. My only problem with this is this notion of a "debaptism". Is that really necessary? Or even possible? Not really in my opinion.
What I find annoying is statements like this, from the article...
"John Rafferty, president of the Secular Humanist Society of New York, another member group of the coalition, said the ads are in no way an anti-religious campaign"
Really? Then stop suggesting debaptism.
Click Here to read the Article from CNN
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
NPR Radio on R Crumb's Genesis
Very interesting. I would listen to the NPR broadcast. Sounds worth picking up. R Crumb, a cartoonist has done all 50 chapters of Genesis. Take a look
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