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Quote on Parenting
Parents, do you praying for your children? Do you pray with them? In his book originally published in 1699, the Puritan Cotton Mather has some advice that is very applicable hundreds of years later… Parents, pray with your children, as well as for them. Family prayer must be maintained by all those parents, that would not have their children miss out on salvation, and that would not have the damnation of their children horribly fall upon themselves. Man, your family…
Quote on Riches
Henry Smith was a Puritan from the 16th century. This is what he had to say about riches… “Riches are like painted grapes, which look as though they would satisfy a man, but do not slake his hunger or quench his thirst. Riches indeed do make a man covet more, and get envy, and keep the mind in care.” Found in Leland Ryken book, Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were.
Book Review of The Shack
I know I am about ten years past the controversy but I wanted to share some of my thoughts from recently reading The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. I originally had no intention of reading the book after hearing various outcries against its wayward theology and representations of God. However, I came across it at the library and needed a book to occupy my time so I decided to give it a try. For those who are not familiar with it, The…
Are You A Good Steward Of Your Mind?
A while back I was walking down the hallway of my son’s school after dropping him off for class. As I did this I was peeking into the various classrooms and came across a teacher teaching something about New Testament history. I thought to myself, “Wow, I wish I been taught that back in high school!” Then it occurred to me that I was taught those things back in high school! And yet I don’t remember anything from those classes. Back…
Island Pond 2018
Some pictures from 2018.