Is the Church Promoting ‘Christless’ Christianity?
By Timotheus | June 22, 2009
Interesting interview from CBN (700 Club) who are promoters of Christless Christianity.
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I Pity the Fool!
By Timotheus | June 13, 2009
“In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… The A-Team. “
WOW! THOSE WORDS brings back memories when I was teenager. Back then I couldn’t wait to watch The A-Team on Tuesday night at 8pm.
I have been watching the old A-Team episodes on Itunes and Hulu and I never realized how bad the acting and the production was for this show that loved so much. However, 26 years later I still love this cheesy TV show and it still makes me laugh! In about a year they will be an A-team movie. I am looking forward to it. Ladies, it is a “guy thing”.
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Corporate Confession of Sin for an American
By Timotheus | June 7, 2009
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH I am now attending often has the congregation recites, as part of our liturgy, a Corporate Confession of Sin. Below is one of the Confessions we recite often and every time we recite it I can’t help but to think how fitting it is for me as American . . .
Father, we confess that we are sinners and that we have sinned… We are guilty of having itching ears. We have failed to receive and proclaim the truth; we have wandered off into myths; we have listened to and preached a false a gospel of self-improvement, self-reliance, and self-righteousness because it suited our passions. We cry to you now for mercy and forgiveness. Fill our hearts and minds with a passion for the gospel of redemption through Christ alone. Teach us to be faithful witnesses of your grace and to serve each other humbly, compassionately and faithfully. In the name of our crucified and risen Savior. AMEN.
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Debaptism
By Timotheus | June 4, 2009
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The King James Only Controversy
By Timotheus | May 15, 2009
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Been There, Done That, Bought the T-Shirt!
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Interesting Take on Multiculturalism
By Timotheus | May 11, 2009
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Wow, One pastor has figured it out!
By Timotheus | April 23, 2009
WOW, ONE PASTOR has figured it out what is the biggest problem with the church today. Tullian Tchividjian, who is one of the Authors of Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different, believes that the
“… main problem churches face is not that they are culturally out of touch, but that they are theologically out of tune.”
To that I say, “AMEN!”
As the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, I hope that Tchividjian would lead the church better in Christian doctrine instead of preaching from the first chapter, first verse of the Declaration of Independence from the pulpit like D. James Kennedy did before him or decisional regeneration like his grandfather Billy Graham preached before him. After watching the YouTube clip I will not hold my breath because he seem to be another Joel Osteen! He even has nice hair and white teeth.
Yet, what I heard on the video is NOT one doctrinal truth. Since he was in a PCA church I should of heard something Reformed. I think Kennedy did better even with his short commings.
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Pretty Cool
By Timotheus | April 21, 2009
THIS PICTURE IS so cool I just had to post for others to see. Read below and click the link to see a larger picture and to read more:
A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. The pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spewing energy out into the space around it to create complex and intriguing structures, including one that resembles a large cosmic hand. [Click Here to read more]
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Before and After
By Timotheus | April 21, 2009
I must apologized again for not blogging. I usually so busy or I am not in the mood to blog after work. I have been using WordPress in setting a website up for the church I attend. Nothing special because I modify a template and use WordPress. Below is the before and After. I still have more work to do on it:
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Twenty-Five Random Facts About Me
By Timotheus | February 23, 2009
MANY HAVE BEEN tagged to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about themselves on blogs and/or other social groups like Facebook.
I never been tagged but I thought it would therapeutic to compose a list of 25 random statements about myself for a blog entry.
- I am a noted sexist especially about driving. It doesn’t mean I don’t like women or think of them as less human than us male it’s just that I have keen observations on the differences between the sexes.
- I have road rage.
- I think the best way to shop is on the Internet and have my merchandise delivered to me at work.
- I love cult B movies like Army of Darkness and The Road Warrior.
- I am staunch Reformed Christian and my heroes of the Reformation are John Calvin and Martin Luther.
- Modern American Christianity repulses me because it is not even Christian.
- Macs are better computers. Once you go Mac you don’t go back.
- Friends are very important to me. I have many friends but only few are very close.
- France Scheaffer’s books and film series have greatly influence my thinking.
- As hard as I tried I wish I could write as articulately as I speak without having to work so hard correcting my grammar.
- I am not a big sport fan but I will watch boxing and I will watch football with friends because I will not watch football by myself.
- I have difficulty in shopping in a store like Wal-mart without becoming a nervous wreck because of the chaos of the crowds.
- I can’t work on personal projects on my home computer (like creating this list) unless the whole house is cleaned and my laundry is done.
- I love dogs. They are all puppies to me.
- Cats are not real pets.
- I am trying to discipline myself to read more books on Reformed Theology like RC Sproul and Michael Horton. Not going well.
- I am trying to discipline myself to make time to learn more on HTML, JAVA, CSS, and PHP so that I can improve my own web pages and other personal computer projects.
- I do listen to commentary tracks on special edition DVDs, particularly of movies of directors I really like. I really get into the art of filmmaking.
- I don’t often say “no” when someone asks me to do something even if I should.
- I take my work way too seriously. I will often over-kill my daily duties.
- I like to cook and try out new recipes.
- On 22 on the list and I realized it is hard to think up the last four random facts.
- I never say “good” and “morning” in the same sentence. That is an oxymoron.
- Travis Brown is my best friend. He is like a brother to me.
- My sarcastic humor has been misunderstood by many, including my grandmother.
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Stargate SG1 Blooper
By Timotheus | February 5, 2009
I am finally able to watch Stargate SG 1 and Stargate Alantis, since getting a DVR to record these shows so that I can watch them on my schedule.
Below is a funny blooper I came across. Enjoy!
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2009 Goals for this Blog
By Timotheus | January 1, 2009
MY IGNORANCE ON PHP, CSS, Java, and HTML are really obstacles to me on developing this blog to look and function in away that I desire.
So, my goal in 2009 is to try to expand my knowledge in these areas. I tend to learn more if I can see these skills demonstrated instead of reading it in a book and because of this I have decided to order trainings DVDs on PHP, CSS, Java, and HTML. I hope I can learn them to improve this site because I believe that if I can develop the site to my liking that I will be more able to concentrate on the actual blogging.
The improvements that I want to make to this site are as follows:
- The Navbar: I would like to have a navbar that has flyoff submenus that would be created automatically every time I create a page, child page, and subchild pages. I have seen some themes that have flyoff menus but none of them will flyoff to three or more layers. I have found plug-ins that claimed to add this feature to a blog but none of them work to my satisfaction. A navbar that I have described would make it so much easier to navigate the “Reformed Resource” and “Confessions” contents of my blog. This would be a Java issue.
- The rollovers: The link rollover links are in blue and I really don’t like them. I would like to have more traditional rollover links and would like to do general tweaking of the theme. This is a CSS, Cascading Style Sheet, issue.
- Link Page: I would like that every time that I add a link to my blogrolls (or other side widgets) that it will also created it on my link page with my other links I would have on that page. This would most likely be a PHP issues.
- Navigational Tab: Issues, etc has an excellent example of this function on their website. At the top left of that page is a label that gives the reader notification on what parent page they are reading. I would think this might be a CSS or Java issue.
- Gravatars: I would like for Gravatars to be displayed in all comment sections of this blog, including the Recent Comment widget on the far right column. I downloaded the WordPress Gravatars plug-in but I am not able to get the Gravatars to display correctly on the widget like it does on Jessica’s blog. It seems to be a plug-in and a CSS issue.
I am very happy with the theme I am using now. I particularly like the clean 3-column look and the white background with the text because it makes adding images to the entries easier. After I learn all the above perhaps I can create my own WordPress theme instead of trying to tweak existing one.
I hope I can find the time. As I tell my friends, “If I didn’t have to work I could learn PHP, CSS, Java, HTML and get my six-pack-abs.” Besides, if I don’t learn this stuff this year I could always hire a local teenager.
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The State of Today’s Church
By Timotheus | December 19, 2008
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Reformed Christianity and American Evangelicalism
By Timotheus | December 17, 2008
I DON’T INTEND to make ALL of my entries about Mike Horton or The White Horse but he is a man I admire and I believe he is on the crucial issue in our American Churches with his most recent book Christless Christianity.
Below is an introduction to a recent article posted on Modern Reformation’s site that is very insightful. Click the link below to read the entire article:
“I hope that non-Reformed readers will indulge me in a consideration of the relationship of our tradition to the movement known today as American evangelicalism. After all, I think that much of what I have to say here will apply to other traditions. In Reformed and Presbyterian quarters today, as in other traditions, a range of views can be discerned with respect to our relation to the evangelical movement. One person disavows, another accepts only with qualifications, and another unreservedly wears the evangelical label either in general approval of the movement’s direction or with a determination to “take it back” to a moment in the past when it supposedly described people who think as we do. However, at least American evangelicalism has always been a diverse movement, especially since the first Great Awakening…”
Click Here to read the rest on Modern Reformation’s site
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WordPress 2.7
By Timotheus | December 17, 2008
I KNOW I have been not blogging as much as I like, but I have not given up on this site. I just upgraded to WordPress 2.7 and it is a good upgrade.
Anyone who uses WordPress I recommend this upgrade.
Timotheus
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