tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57697842012-02-05T07:24:13.041-07:00Basket of FigsA vehicle for venting on philosophy, religion, and the general state of things.
Proprietor: C. W. PowellBudnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-9036580432720572732012-02-05T07:24:00.000-07:002012-02-05T07:24:13.056-07:00
Nothing of His Own
Ho 2:8 "For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal."
Satan comes as an angel of light, and his ministers as ministers of "righteousness." 2Corinthians 11:14,15. To use Christ's expression, "as wolves in sheep's clothing."
There is no question that the sincere Christian desires to set highBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-56903285255883181142012-01-21T07:23:00.000-07:002012-01-21T07:23:12.430-07:00Why Was Job's Patience Commendable?
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James 5
Job was commended by God and honored Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-26127936454963008252012-01-18T14:54:00.001-07:002012-01-18T14:54:36.396-07:00Just a few random thoughts re: Tim Tebow.
[First published as a note on Facebook]
I think he is the real deal, young, inexperienced and zealous. He will be tested as all Christians are to see if he is genuine. It is a bit refreshing to hear his forthright confession of faith, bombarded as we are with agnosticism, blasphemy, filthy vulgarism, and arrogant unbelief crammed down our Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-76189459057418737812011-11-28T20:14:00.001-07:002011-11-28T20:15:13.332-07:00Losing Connection.
Saul of Tarsus was a religious fanatic. Thinking that he did God service, he harassed the early Christians with the greatest of zeal. He confessed to the greatest animosity and energy against Christians when he was on trial before King Agrippa:
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which thing I also did Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-19949608253058992012011-09-05T15:08:00.000-06:002011-09-05T15:08:43.865-06:00Obama, the Great Uniter. Hope and Change, Hope and Change..... Republicans are the Enemy.
How is that stuff working for you? Why can't we all just get along? How can you get along with someone who wants you to pay them for work they don't do to your satisfaction, and tells you to stuff it if you complain? People who think they have a right to plush jobs that the taxpayer must pay for? Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-76905507523793638442011-09-03T14:35:00.001-06:002011-09-03T14:37:08.742-06:00Don't Waste a Good Crisis; Especially if You Can Keep Your Bought Capitalists. See link
In the good old days, the capitalists bought the politicians with their own money. Nowadays, the politicians buy the capitalists with taxpayer money. The difference between the Nazis and the Communists is a small one. Under National Socialism, the government let you keep your company, they just told you Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-57149997874192227082011-09-03T03:59:00.001-06:002011-10-17T14:08:10.132-06:00American Jailed in Cuba Click here
Woe, Woe, Woe to him who sins against the all knowing, all powerful, all benevolent state.
"I am deeply sorry for being a trusting fool. I was duped. I was used. And my family and I have paid dearly for this," he said. The court was apparently unmoved and sentenced Gross to 15 years for crimes against the state. His conviction was upheld last month by the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-78098555988503646052011-09-02T08:18:00.001-06:002011-09-02T08:25:07.613-06:00Have YOU No Decency, Mr. Krugman?An Open Letter
I know you are the attack dog for the New York Times and the Democratic National Committee, but this column is preposterous: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/opinion/krugman-eric-and-irene.html?_r=1
Yes, Mr. Cantor popped off his mouth, but Republicans distanced themselves from him and he has cooled his jets. Where were you when one of your Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-67043080690908490762011-09-01T18:47:00.003-06:002011-09-02T07:57:56.582-06:00This Sword Has Another Edge to It Link to Article in Washington Examiner
Hey!!! Why wasn't Obama's membership in a church that wanted to damn America fair game last election? Oh, yes, I know. Liberals have no principles.
"Surveying those articles, the executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller, concludes that "an unusually large number" of Republican candidates "belong to Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-45389986762194717302011-09-01T06:55:00.001-06:002011-09-02T07:59:05.085-06:00If You Live by Partisanship, you will die by Partisanship!
"First, Obama ambushed the GOP by upstaging the party’s presidential debate with a major address. Then Republicans returned fire by trying to push it back to the 8th. Then the name-calling started. Finally, late Wednesday, Obama agreed to change the day — even if it means backtracking and bumping against the NFL’s Thursday night Budnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-61237543942879788052011-08-26T12:34:00.003-06:002011-09-02T08:00:55.293-06:00Are You Ready to Die for Christ?
Two views of man and morality are at war in the United States. There are many nuances and varieties, but the crux is this: Is man to be free to live under the law of His Creator [the Ten Commandments], or is he to be coerced to live under the law of the collective wisdom of man [human law arising out of the experience of the human race, as interpreted by "Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-86603052491821469412011-07-19T01:50:00.005-06:002011-07-19T03:42:51.661-06:00There is only One Church and Eternal Covenant!"And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Hebrews 11:39,40Chapter eleven of Hebrews lists the prominent saints of the Old Testament. It begins by defining faith as the "substance of things hoped for, the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-77348382071960781752010-06-10T13:36:00.002-06:002010-06-10T13:39:27.268-06:00The following link will take you to Articles on Facebook that I have posted over the last year or so. You might find them amusing and/or edifying. God bless.Facebook NotesBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-56365677302499582452010-03-29T22:19:00.003-06:002010-03-30T04:26:53.039-06:00ExternalismDoes the doctrine of Total Depravity mean that there is nothing good in the Christian? To say that will be to deny the work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian. The Scriptures are very clear about it.1. If a person is a child of God, then God has begun to work in his heart and mind to transform him, to make something good of him. The evil from Adam is not changed, but placed under Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-30636712039918521092010-03-28T19:19:00.004-06:002010-03-28T20:03:25.609-06:00It Is Not in the BibleOne of the main objections raised against the clear biblical doctrine of predestination goes something like this, “but the Bible says that God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”Before you read any farther, you should read 2Peter 3:1-10. You will not find that quotation in that passage or anywhere else in the Bible.I. In the firstBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-64892127555228401222009-12-31T22:56:00.005-07:002010-01-01T11:14:50.569-07:00The Cathari and Modern Sinless PerfectionismLet no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. James 1:13-15Because it is necessary that our Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-20339684536280350072009-09-16T11:00:00.005-06:002009-09-16T12:41:56.453-06:00Sinful PeaceIn a sinful world, war is not only good at times, but at such times it is sinful to refrain from war.Re 17:14 "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."Pacifism is of the devil and plays right into his plan for world domination. Thank God the LordBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-33035376340807667992009-09-10T13:20:00.004-06:002009-09-10T13:48:48.064-06:00That Other Knocking.You have heard that Christ stands at the door and knocks. There is a verse in Revelation 3 that is often misinterpreted as though Christ were standing at the door of a person's heart, knocking, asking, pleading to be allowed to come in and dwell there. Even in art it is sometimes represented as a door without an outside knob, only able to be opened from the inside, for even Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-58845109560854875482009-09-05T05:55:00.002-06:002009-09-05T06:13:11.622-06:00What Was Moses Thinking?Ex 20:11 "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."Ex 31:17 "It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed"I suspect that Moses'Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-19278387359806391172009-09-04T21:53:00.002-06:002009-09-04T22:03:02.734-06:00Great Start for New GenevaWe have completed the first week of classes for the 17 year of New Geneva Theological Seminary in Colorado Springs. Got a bunch of fine students and the first week was really fun.We have a new registrar, who is also professor of Old Testament, Dr. Mark House. He teaches OT Survey III and Hebrew Exegesis.I had way too much fun for a 75 year old this week. Tuesday was Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-12831209512325158542009-09-02T12:47:00.002-06:002009-09-02T13:04:40.669-06:00Whose Thoughts?The problem God had with the prophets of Israel is that they spoke their own thoughts. "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-81739616953877921472009-06-20T19:53:00.004-06:002009-06-20T20:44:22.376-06:00Dealing with ContentiousnessFollowing is part of an exchange with a friend on FaceBook.=====--beginnning of FaceBook Transcript--That is a fact, but what does a church that exercises discipline look like, I wonder. More one on one confrontations with the elders? or elders' wives? More congregational exhortations? More members confronting members? We have great preaching, but discipline lacks Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-81503508080636021202009-05-25T10:29:00.003-06:002009-05-25T11:12:20.077-06:00Bridling the Tongue“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” (Jas 1:19-21 AV)James has been talking about trials that come and the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-74020033169788436942009-05-20T09:10:00.005-06:002009-05-20T10:00:46.870-06:00The Utter Ruin of a ManProverbs 5:22 "His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray."A person is certainly able to freely choose to follow the path of unbelief and sin. What he is not able to choose is the consequences of that choice of unbelief and Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-46740069535905415622009-05-07T11:16:00.005-06:002009-05-14T13:18:53.720-06:00Concerning the last post.Many of the recent translations miss the point of Proverbs 25:23. They usually go something like this "As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks." Not only does "sly" miss the point, but also the comparison is off. The comparison is this "As the north wind is to rain, so the backbiting tongue is to anger."But in Palestine the north wind did never Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-81875417492575544512009-05-05T17:32:00.007-06:002009-05-05T23:15:15.796-06:00Pr 25:23 "The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue."Does the Lord really mean that it is not only OK but a positive good to get angry with those who destroy other's reputations by backbiting? Surely not. We must be patient, forgiving, kind, charitable, while our neighbor's reputations go up in flames--or so the message is in many churches. How long hasBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-11666570498885613262009-04-30T01:24:00.003-06:002009-04-30T01:43:39.351-06:00We Needed the A Team!It is too bad that William Jennings Bryan did not call for help in the famous "Monkey Trial" with Scopes in 1925. Help was available, specifically in the person of John Greshem Machen, who in 1925 was Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. Machen was one of the foremost scholars of his day and later would found Westminster Theological Seminary as a Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-74049384033152046232009-04-20T09:57:00.006-06:002009-04-20T10:18:59.524-06:00A Duh MomentIt was last night during one of the basketball playoffs--I forget which one. One of the sports chicks on the sideline had just interviewed one of the basketball players, a young black, talented, articulate, intelligent--the player not the sports chick.A few minutes later, the feed went back to the main desk in time to hear one of the other empty female heads gushing something like Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-74554068377655103462009-03-10T00:48:00.011-06:002009-03-10T18:58:04.388-06:00Peeping Tom and Peeping TammyIt was late at night and I was listening through the earphones to some cop show on the TV and cleaning up files on my computer when the words broke through to my consciousness and caused me to take a quick look at the tv."But how do I know what you really think, if I don’t get you drunk," one cop was saying to his partner."It was like bells went off in my head, and I Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-89637380242524914262009-02-21T07:58:00.004-07:002009-02-21T08:10:37.596-07:00How Do You Smell?Scroll down to see the post on ExternalismEc 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of deaththan the day of one's birth.Ec 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth astinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdomand honor.A sweet smell is a figure for a number of related things in the Bible: thework ofBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-2730054717899462022009-02-20T14:53:00.013-07:002009-02-20T19:11:07.396-07:00The Curse of ExternalismDoes the doctrine of Total Depravity mean that there is nothing good in the Christian? To say that will be to deny the work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian. The Scriptures are very clear about it.1. If a person is a child of God, then God has begun to work in his heart and mind to transform him, to make something good of him. The evil from Adam is not changed, but Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-86540188141475029682009-02-14T11:54:00.005-07:002009-02-14T14:07:39.296-07:00Economics 101There are only three ways the United States Government can get money. It can borrow it, tax for it, or print it. In reverse order:1. Printing is really a tax on all the people that cheapens the money. This can been done a little at a time and prices will gradually increase. But people catch on after a while and they push for cost of living increases and such, so that the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-56359433375229108942009-02-13T16:02:00.002-07:002009-02-13T16:12:39.398-07:00This Is Fair???Shame on the Congress of the United States. They just voted debt and socialism on the American people for many generations. And not ONE OF THEM read the bill, which was crafted in secret by a few rotten and depraved democrats. The rest followed like sheep. This link will take you to a video detailing the shame that will be cursed by our grandchildren and our great Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-21438092240652886332009-02-12T17:28:00.003-07:002009-02-12T17:50:40.619-07:00Chambering? and Wantonness?Moreover, it is to be observed that we cannot desire Jesus Christ without aspiring to the righteousness of God, which consists in renouncing ourselves and obeying his will. For it is preposterous to pretend that we are of the body of Christ, while abandoning ourselves to all licentiousness, and leading a dissolute life. Since in Christ is nought but chastity, benignity,Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-36351251378171295462009-02-10T05:48:00.007-07:002009-02-10T06:09:51.057-07:00For the People, especially the Children! Nope.Against the Family, the People, especially the Children!If you think it is "for the people," you are as dumb as a rock, no matter how many degrees you have. Capping the pay of executives, I mean. It is against the people, not for the people. It isn't hard, and I will explain it to you if you will put aside your envy and greed and prejudice against Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-63060172973025629112009-02-06T19:09:00.004-07:002009-02-06T19:36:41.448-07:00FOXNews.com - At Least One American Believed Killed by Freed Gitmo Prisoners - International News News of the World Middle East News Europe News: "A New York woman was killed in a terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Sana, Yemen, in September. And U.S. counterterrorism officials have now confirmed that Said Ali al-Shihri, 35, who was released from the Guantanamo Bay prison center in 2007, is Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-15638388818372093622009-02-06T05:09:00.001-07:002009-02-06T05:29:21.878-07:00We must pass the stimulus package, or we will never recover, saith the Savior.DRUDGE REPORT 2009®Even Roosevelt was not this arrogant. "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." But this self-appointed Messiah thinks to outdo Jesus Himself. He will also attempt to curb the opposition on talk radio. All in the name of saving the people, of course. Saviors can brook no opposition and thoseBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-42454324036099002692009-01-31T11:02:00.007-07:002009-01-31T12:05:53.479-07:00Lying Ain't Peanuts! Especially about People or to Judicatories.The following is from the Christian Education Report presented to Synod in 2002 and 2003. It was not adopted except the first page in 2003. The whole report may be found atChristian Education ReportWherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with hisneighbor: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sinnot: Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-45970126004489291162009-01-20T19:44:00.004-07:002009-01-20T20:14:15.001-07:00"Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you." (Heb 13:17)1. "Obey" is in the imperative, but middle voice, a passive. It is formed from the word for "persuade" so it means "be persuaded" or simply obey, but not just in form but fromBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-79541624884212172932009-01-08T21:07:00.007-07:002009-01-09T09:13:31.902-07:00Grace Doesn't Do Moral Darkness, You Know.God cannot be the source of disobedience, for that would be to deny Himself. "God is light, and Him is no darkness at all, " is the way James puts it.Paul puts it this way, "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in thisBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-91214442026567183972009-01-05T20:30:00.002-07:002009-01-05T20:50:30.507-07:00Making Your Boast in God.There is nothing new under the sun. In Romans 2:17, Paul speaks of those who "made their boast of God" but by the way they lived they dishonored God.They boasted that they knew the law and were capable of instructing the ignorant and the blind and children. But it was all vain because they did not do the things they approved. They lied and slandered and resisted the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-72318345976627725562009-01-05T15:43:00.000-07:002009-01-05T15:43:40.765-07:00DailyTech - Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979DailyTech - Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979: "Earlier this year, predictions were rife that the North Pole could melt entirely in 2008. Instead, the Arctic ice saw a substantial recovery. Bill Chapman, a researcher with the UIUC's Arctic Center, tells DailyTech this was due in part to colder temperatures in the region. Chapman says wind patterns have also been weaker this year. Strong Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-43395854996140648992008-12-27T08:25:00.006-07:002008-12-27T12:50:32.668-07:00The glory?The Power of the Gospel: the Cross"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2Co 12:9 Those who are unwilling to suffer with Christ will never know the joy of Christian victory. When Judas became convinced that Jesus was Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-39713375184634953792008-12-15T16:44:00.009-07:002008-12-16T07:10:48.290-07:00When "Truth" is a Lie.“Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.” (Ps 119:142) "[Love] rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;” (1Co 13:6 AV)The Biblical idea of truth was different from the Greek idea. The Biblical idea has a moral dimension to it.For instance, what the slanderer says might be true as far as the facts go, but if what is saidBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-30964459333428873422008-12-12T16:56:00.004-07:002008-12-12T20:56:31.496-07:00Are ALL Men Liars? All the Time? It is true that everyone lies. It also not true that everyone lies. But "everyone lies" in the first sentence does not mean the same thing as "everyone lies" in the second sentence. Psalm 116: 10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefitsBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-3548172434422984782008-12-08T05:11:00.006-07:002008-12-08T05:48:48.597-07:00Dancing to Your Own Tune: Piping and Weeping"They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept." --Luke 7:32You might say they were control freaks. They would decide whether there would be dancing or whether there would be weeping. Woe to those who danced Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-66119957596593572032008-11-30T22:49:00.011-07:002008-12-11T22:58:54.385-07:00"In thy light we shall see light" [Ps. 36:9] The Tragedy of Eyes that Do Not SeeI knew that my children understood my reproofs when I heard them reprove each other. Even a small child's injunction not to slam the door, showed that he understood the lesson, even if he slammed the door himself. The minute he could condemn his brother showed that he was a moral being accountable for his Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-3017531930807513702008-11-23T05:11:00.004-07:002008-11-23T05:46:05.861-07:00Leadership and TruthThe true leaders of the people of God, the true mothers and fathers, the true pastors, the true elders, are those who speak the truth and bear faithful witness. A lying tongue shall not stand before the Lord, because the man with the lying tongue does not accept the reality that God has created and formed, but is trying to convince the world, like Satan did Eve, that God does Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-78858126238146677862008-11-20T05:19:00.008-07:002008-11-20T06:17:19.968-07:00Trust, Hope, and FearWhat time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. --Psalm 56:3,4Trust goes to the heart of faith. The connection between God, His word, fear, and the trust that faith produces is made clear in this Psalm.A person's true God is revealed in this way: it is where the man goes toBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-69805198863626933462008-11-17T12:00:00.003-07:002008-11-17T12:06:45.772-07:00Interested in Apologetics?If you are interest in apologetics, you might find our sermon last Sunday of interest. The sermon was generated by scholarly work done by New Geneva Seminary librarian Bill McGinnis on the Psalms.You can find the link HERE. The Sermon is named: "How Great Is Thanksgiving" and applies apologetic applications to the Third Division of the Heidelberg Catechism, How I Am Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-85889959074174276702008-11-13T11:11:00.005-07:002008-11-24T07:32:48.956-07:00The Chaff to the Wheat"The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?" --Jeremiah 23:28,29------------The prevailing dream of the ancient pagan cultures was that the world developed byBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-27387232733363004332008-11-12T06:28:00.011-07:002008-11-15T16:46:50.850-07:00It is God Who Rules in the Nations of the World.[T]here are some who deny that a commonwealth is duly framed which neglects the political system of Moses, and is ruled by the common laws of nations. Let other men consider how perilous and seditious this notion is; it will be enough for me to have proved it false and foolish. --John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Faith, IV:20:14 [Battle]Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-1678096945664285822008-11-06T19:11:00.002-07:002008-11-06T19:14:29.310-07:00Political figs will be closed a bit. If your comfort is in guns and religion, you will be able to find the latter here. If you want to buy guns, you better do it before the next administration. We won't be speaking much of that.I have a humorous [to me anyway] entry at Political Figs.Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-16825922079510298572008-10-27T19:44:00.000-06:002008-10-27T19:45:15.238-06:00See the new post at political figs--link at the right.Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-72121475668161090212008-10-27T15:55:00.006-06:002008-10-27T16:02:51.644-06:00Chance? or DecreeThe Bet That Blew Up Wall Street, Steve Kroft On Credit Default Swaps And Their Central Role In The Unfolding Economic Crisis - CBS News: "'We could call that a derivative. It's a side bet. We don't own the teams. But we have a bet based on the outcome. And a lot of derivatives are bets based on the outcome of games of a sort. Not football games, but games in the markets,' Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-36901339986954440012008-10-17T17:14:00.004-06:002008-10-17T17:29:59.657-06:00The Bears of God. "And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of themBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-79725277639059736112008-10-08T04:19:00.006-06:002008-10-08T04:52:03.628-06:00His Way in the Whirlwind!The prophet Nahum said that the Lord has His way in the whirlwind [see citation below]. This means that the most destructive and seemingly random desolation is controlled by the wisdom and will of God. His unchanging, wise purposes for the world control even the whirlwinds of emotion, fear, economic panic, violence, war, and the other things that distress the world.ThisBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-33238887568066909812008-10-07T11:47:00.001-06:002008-10-07T11:49:40.543-06:00For the "Senility Defense" see the blog at Political FigsBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-7435363939521185972008-10-06T16:50:00.001-06:002008-10-06T16:53:01.903-06:00Check the new post at Political FigsBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-70159134380709808792008-10-01T20:25:00.005-06:002008-10-01T22:56:22.583-06:00What Is the Godly Man to Do?1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-68291432594254279702008-09-30T09:11:00.004-06:002008-09-30T09:33:50.551-06:00Hurrah for GreedHey, I got a great idea. I think we should show our compassion for the poor, both black and white and Hispanic or whoever and sell them houses that they cannot afford, that they do not appreciate, will not take care of. To encourage them to sign the papers, we will make the loans with extremely easy terms, no points, nothing that would make them feel that they can't afford Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-81568854493486694212008-09-30T05:16:00.006-06:002008-09-30T05:29:10.758-06:00In Times of Crisis, Trust Capitalism: Click Here By Joseph Calhoun "The US government is executing a coup d’etat of capitalism and I fear that we will pay the price for many years to come. Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke and a host of others tell us the credit market is not working and the only way to get it working again is for the government to intervene. They claim this intervention is Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-31400210928340577142008-09-18T15:33:00.001-06:002008-09-18T15:35:14.161-06:00Why We Have Not Been Attacked "Terrorists haven’t attacked during the past seven years because of the work of the FBI, the CIA, and our military, as well as the sweeping changes President Bush instigated in the intelligence community. "When Bush proclaimed that any country harboring a terrorist would be considered a terrorist country, Arab countries began cooperating in the war on terror, turningBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-42369163185358630382008-09-17T11:27:00.009-06:002008-09-18T04:11:37.829-06:00Yes, They Were Guilty.The trouble with youth is that they think that the world did not begin until they were born. "We don't know who _________ is," as one of my students used to say.I was in college. Liberals were crying that Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were found guilty of espionage because Truman and Eisenhower didn't like their political opinions. I admired Ike for sticking to his Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-28525985145020942002008-09-14T15:24:00.004-06:002008-09-14T15:45:38.085-06:00Eating Veggies Shrinks the Brainfrom The Times of India"Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage."-------Question: are you a vegan because of a small brain, or are you small-brained because you are a vegan? Or does it matter?1 ¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-61869977545080620702008-09-13T10:14:00.002-06:002008-09-13T10:16:30.930-06:00Be sure to check Political FigsBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-20673789805214953892008-09-11T18:46:00.003-06:002008-09-11T18:56:49.037-06:00Why They Hate Her."The simple fact of her being a pro-life married mother of five with a thriving political career was--before anything else about her was known--enough for the left and its outliers to target her for destruction. She could not be allowed to contradict symbolically one of the central narratives of the left. How galling it will be to Sarah Palin's many new enemies if she survives Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-89298352750602422992008-09-11T06:59:00.002-06:002008-09-11T07:09:21.155-06:00There are new posts at Political Figs.Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-58759778215300096332008-09-11T06:04:00.004-06:002008-09-11T06:13:26.544-06:00RealClearPolitics - Articles - Palin Doesn't Matter, Numbers Do: "The Sarah Palin 'boom' that has so traumatized Democrats and intimidated the press will have little if any impact on the presidential election. People don't vote for vice presidents, they vote for presidents. This race is about John McCain and Barack Obama not Annie Oakley from Wasilla, Alaska. It is also about turnout numbers and Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-85699007671723063692008-09-09T04:28:00.003-06:002008-09-09T04:37:13.615-06:00I have been so re-invigorated by the McCain/Palin ticket that I might begin writing more on politics. For now, everyone ought to read a most insightful analysis of the McCain strategy by clicking on THIS LINK. The article appears in the Jerusalem Post. I honestly do not know what McCain may be able to do in Washington, but that uncertainty is a whole world better than what I KNOW that Obama Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-57225240304932390012008-08-22T00:02:00.001-06:002008-08-22T00:03:54.209-06:00Check out Political Figs: click on link on menu to the right.Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-21311041343592772082008-08-14T05:50:00.000-06:002008-08-14T05:50:26.643-06:00Prince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaster - TelegraphPrince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaster - Telegraph: "In his most outspoken intervention on the issue of GM food, the Prince said that multi-national companies were conducting an experiment with nature which had gone 'seriously wrong'.The Prince, in an exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph, also expressed the fear that food would run out because Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-8334025807481513452008-08-12T11:08:00.001-06:002008-08-12T11:09:21.340-06:00Note: I am reviving "Political Figs" and there is a new post there. See the link at the menu to the right.Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-80688693166370107362008-08-12T04:35:00.004-06:002008-08-12T05:09:15.554-06:00What Do You Talk About?I read years ago, when I was a boy, that regular conversation may be a measure of intelligence, and I think it is true.Stupid people only talk about things; smarter people talk about people; intelligent people talk about ideas. Some people never rise above talking about their cars, their houses, their pets, their gardens. Others only talk about their neighbors, relatives, Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-82853205179361260092008-08-11T10:01:00.009-06:002008-08-12T04:31:07.733-06:00PerfectionismIt was a joke during the 60's when the rebellion against the "system" was in full throat. We laughed at those who refused to conform to the prevailing standards of non-conformity. The rebels dressed the same, wore the same long, unkept hair, smelled the same, read the same books [if they read], and insisted on the same music. They cleaned up a little later, in the 70's and 80's, but Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-41481171877047486372008-08-10T06:38:00.011-06:002008-08-10T07:35:45.919-06:00What happened to solid preaching?"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-57687935246130079352008-08-05T14:50:00.003-06:002008-08-05T14:56:09.177-06:00The Beauty of the Gospel InvitationNo sweeter words were ever uttered on this earth than these words by our Lord Jesus:"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Mt 11:28 AV)The weary soul needs rest. The heart burdened with fear and guilt needs rest. The person who is beaten down with weakness and sorrow needs rest.This is not an invitation for the proudBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-44856663529344875032008-07-31T18:53:00.007-06:002008-07-31T19:57:27.036-06:00Promising Liberty"Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. "And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. "And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? "And the man in whom theBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-16483737550167737392008-07-29T11:26:00.014-06:002008-07-31T19:54:17.878-06:00It is the Promise of GodPr 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.Pr 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.Two kinds of empty hearts are described here: The ignorant man, void of wisdom in the heart: Pr. 10:8 says that the prating fool who is empty of wisdom in the heart will fall. His wisdom is only of the lip [Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-78922953764015061732008-07-19T15:26:00.008-06:002008-07-26T23:06:47.200-06:00Smelling Your Own SmellHaving no place else to go, the old bum stretched out on the park bench that afternoon. It was a beautiful day in late spring and he was content. The sun was warm and he was soon fast asleep.A couple of boys came by and spotted the old man and decided they would have some fun. Popping into a corner market they purchased some limburger cheese and carefully smeared some of itBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-70288561213404419692008-07-16T12:20:00.004-06:002008-07-21T14:28:22.735-06:00The Hearing of BabylonThen certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. --Acts 17:18Have you ever studied the idolatry of the Greeks? Have you ever read the stories of the gods like Zeus, Aphrodite, Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-49212319047069752632008-07-14T17:30:00.005-06:002008-07-21T14:32:12.605-06:00You must believe Moses.Jesus said it plainly, "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" John 5:46, 47God created the reality, the "isness" of the world, so that there would be something into which His appointed Redeemer would come. You don't get to watch the play if you don't go to the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-571693899694006632008-06-29T00:35:00.008-06:002008-07-14T17:30:03.624-06:00Where True Hope Lies"Cursed be he that setteth light by his mother and his father. And all the people shall say, Amen."It is the temptation of every generation to think that the world began when they came into it. "Every man is first in his own cause," is the way Solomon put it, for the pride of man's heart is to think that he is smarter, and wiser, and better than his neighborThere is great Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-82245570622707387442008-06-02T11:31:00.002-06:002008-06-02T11:37:15.397-06:00Gentlemen, [fo the RCUS]We received an update on what is happening in South Africa from Eric Kayayan. We do need to keep him in our prayers as well as our brothers and sisters in Christ there.In Christ,Dan SchnabelMark, What the report does not tell you: 50 foreigners are killed and IT IS gruesome: what about the thousands and thousands of gruesome murders (in particular of elderly White people)Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-51672064175847502212008-05-26T06:46:00.006-06:002008-07-29T12:31:50.550-06:00The Ninth Commandment: Part TwoPrepared for Sunday School. May 25, 2008[Scroll down blog to Wednesday, May 14, for Part One]The Ninth Commandment is simple: “Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor.”The HC gives the meaning this way:Q112: What does the ninth Commandment require?A112: That I bear false witness against no one,[1] twist no one's words,[2] be no backbiter or slanderer,Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-29300480591725865292008-05-22T22:07:00.000-06:002008-05-22T22:07:55.119-06:00European Court agrees to hear chimp's plea for human rights| News | This is LondonWho says religion is not important? Ideas have consequences.European Court agrees to hear chimp's plea for human rights News This is LondonBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-34231988406358542232008-05-14T11:58:00.004-06:002008-05-14T12:07:05.970-06:00Because the Ninth Commandment seems to be universally ignored in our modern day, especially on the blogosphere, and because this minister is doing a Sunday School study on the Ninth Commandment, it seemed good to put the fruits of that study up on this blog.We could make a case that the public media is a professional industry directly involved in the systematic and pernicious spreading of slanderBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-85023333666481583992008-05-09T13:36:00.008-06:002008-05-09T14:00:08.165-06:00Edwin Arthur PowellIn MemoriamA blessed Mother's Day tribute to my beloved son and daughter, Joshua and Minami, far from us in Japan, in memory of Edwin Arthur Powell, whom God in His Sovereign Wisdom and Mercy took to Himself.As I wrote at the time, my faith teaches me that the souls of babies who die in infancy, are with the Lord Jesus who said, "Suffer the little ones to come unto me, for of Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-43525017476325374402008-05-05T12:01:00.003-06:002008-05-05T12:09:20.738-06:00Do not think that the world does not have its doctrines of justification, but not by faith in the blood of Christ. It is justification by whim and political advantage.During the 90's liberals justified the lying and the repeated fornication and sexual assaults of Bill Clinton and attacted viciously those who deemed them immoral and a disqualification for office.Now these same people are Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-15224569438657901562008-04-25T15:03:00.008-06:002008-04-27T09:02:29.637-06:00 "In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 ¶ The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-44436726708171805572008-04-16T12:22:00.006-06:002008-04-23T09:54:34.324-06:00The Scourge of a Lying Tongue20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-31924084816184884502008-04-15T05:20:00.000-06:002008-04-15T05:20:58.682-06:00EU defends biofuel goals amid food crises - Yahoo! NewsEU defends biofuel goals amid food crises - Yahoo! News: "The EU Commission on Monday rejected claims that producing biofuels is a 'crime against humanity' that threatens food supplies, and vowed to stick to its goals as part of a climate change package."---------------------------"How Sweet It Is," to quote Jackie Gleason. People shouldn't fool with Mother Nature, especially when they are Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-79081917970403354772008-04-15T04:58:00.000-06:002008-04-15T04:58:37.573-06:00The First Draft of History Looks a Bit Rough on Bush - US News and World ReportThe First Draft of History Looks a Bit Rough on Bush - US News and World Report: "President Bush often argues that history will vindicate him. So he can't be pleased with an informal survey of 109 professional historians conducted by the History News Network. It found that 98 percent of them believe that Bush's presidency has been a failure, while only about 2 percent see it as a success. Not Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-71181794011171661052008-04-11T22:00:00.003-06:002008-04-11T22:29:02.664-06:00GramMy grandmother was known as Gram, and she died in Oregon when I was about six years old. She had lived in the hills of Kentucky, married to a petty county official, part-time preacher, bootlegger, and general scoundrel. She had several grown daughters and five children at home, my mother then being the youngest at 3 years old. One day Granddad packed up every thing in a wagon, hitched the Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-47250510664937828362008-04-04T18:19:00.002-06:002008-04-04T18:24:46.870-06:00Wonderful quote, worthy of one named after the great reformer!If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.- Martin Luther King, Jr.-----It is Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-54701794138492743542008-04-04T07:53:00.004-06:002008-04-04T08:07:36.159-06:00It's an Unmitigated Disaster!!Lloyd's warns of a lack of natural disasters Business The Guardian: "Lloyd's of London warned yesterday that an absence last year of natural disasters or man-made accidents was putting pressure on firms to reduce premiums in 2008.The world's oldest and biggest insurance market said that though the lack of major disasters had allowed firms to push up profits 5% in Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-799497934047382192008-04-01T16:44:00.008-06:002008-04-01T17:27:40.631-06:00The Heidelberg Catechism, Question 105 asks, "What does God require in the sixth Commandment?"The answer in part is: "That I do not revile, hate, insult or kill my neighbor either in thought, word, or gesture, much less in deed...."The law is spiritual, the Apostle Paul said, which means that sins against the commandments originate in the spirit or in the heart of men. The ill will of the heart Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-11853087585231282212008-03-16T05:32:00.011-06:002008-03-16T06:04:55.427-06:00Royal college warns abortions can lead to mental illness - Times OnlineQuestion: Does the abortion make them crazy, or does their insanity make them have abortions? To willingly kill her baby, a mother would have to be centered on her own pleasure, convenience, wealth, or some other selfish end--in other words, mentally ill. Of course she's nuts. And so is the father, grandparents, ministers, andBudnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-1699345036071631182008-03-09T06:55:00.003-06:002008-03-09T21:11:16.974-06:00We received the sad news this week that our son Josh and his wife Manami, who live in Japan, have lost their baby, Edwin Arthur Powell, who would have been born in the next few days. He was pronounced dead in the womb, because the cord had become kinked and he had no oxygen or nourishment. It is devastating to all our family. It is the first death in our immediate family--all our other 17 Budnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-40853439555917773842008-02-25T11:54:00.003-07:002008-02-25T11:59:50.922-07:00For an extraordinary example of a Religion of Peace and Brotherhood, click on the picture above.Why can't we all just get along?Budnoreply@blogger.com0