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Data Smog and the Christian Life :: personal, technology :: A Reformed, Christian Blog

Check out Tim Challies’ thoughts on information overload.
Data Smog and the Christian Life :: personal, technology :: A Reformed, Christian Blog.

Gratitude, the Debtor’s Ethic, and John Piper’s Future Grace (part 1)

John Piper in 1995 wrote Future Grace. I’m finally getting around to reading it. His main premise is that faith in future grace is what drives our righteous behavior before God now.   He says, “I pray that you will hear and follow the call to find your joy in all that God promises to be [...]

Summer - A really important time

This is a good reminder of how important summer is.

More info on boiling a kid in his mother’s milk

 

Taken from Dr. Constable’s notes on Deuteronomy:

“The ceremonial custom of boiling a kid in its mother’s milk is known from the ancient Canaanite tablets found at Ugarit [i.e., the Ras Shamra Tablets]. Such a rite was superstitiously observed by the Canaanites, hoping that through magical acts they could increase fertility and productivity (14:21; Ex. 23:19; [...]

Don’t boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

i was going through this in devotions this morning.  What does it mean?  Context helps us here:
In Deuteronomy 14 the broad context is what does it mean to take the Lord’s name (be a part of His people) and not do that in vain.  Both in Deuteronomy 14 and Exo. 23 the immediate context is [...]

Another School Year…Another Time to Praise God

We’re wrapping another school year this month and it’s a good time to review what God has done this year. It’s been exciting as a pastor to see things happening “behind the scenes” that only God can do.  
God has been working in our church with people trusting in Christ including children, adults, internationals and [...]

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