tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.comments2012-01-07T18:27:02.525-08:00Pastor Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00010859369442302145noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-91004344768815981902010-08-02T13:31:40.337-07:002010-08-02T13:31:40.337-07:00Thomas Watson was a popular Puritan preacher. Regarding books he wrote, &quot;Get books into your houses, when you have not the spring near you, then get some water into your cisterns; so when you have not that wholesome preaching that you desire, good books are cisterns that hold the water of life in them to refresh you.&quot;PuritanDowloadshttp://www.PuritanDownloads.com/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-90944315941834813942010-01-10T20:15:17.938-08:002010-01-10T20:15:17.938-08:00How would one agrue agaisnt Calvanism with a &quot;Slipery Slope arugement&quot;<br /><br />Actually I&#39;ve been thinking and discussing some of the Calvanism arguements, and my ignorance is going to show, but I&#39;ve been hit by the &quot;but we aren&#39;t all robots&quot; arguement, and from my understanding Calvanism is not a veiw in which God pretertermines everything we do, but more a view that God has predestined His elect. Is that correct? I in no way beleive that God causes people to sin, yet sin in itself cannot hamper Gods plans, in fact our God is such that he can and deos use sin to further His kingdom, sort of a wierd rendition of Romans 8:28. I think I like the Job picture of God where whatever happens in the world is not necesarily God&#39;s idea, but it does have to cross his desk. <br /><br /><br />....ReactionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-34331510781177543492009-12-02T09:32:03.438-08:002009-12-02T09:32:03.438-08:00Another great one is: &quot;A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception and a crime in execution.&quot; ~ Charles SpurgeonTim and Anna Molterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11601171426109165182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-35547168148192429652009-09-15T08:30:14.779-07:002009-09-15T08:30:14.779-07:00I agree. And I couldn&#39;t say this any better so in the words of Ray Comfort: <br /><br />Paradox though it may seem, the Law does make Grace abound in the same way darkness makes light shine. It was John Newton (the writer of &quot;Amazing Grace&quot;) who said that a wrong understanding of the harmony between Law and Grace would produce &quot;error on the left and the right hand.&quot; I don&#39;t know if any of us could claim to have a better understanding of Grace than the one who penned such a wonderful hymn. The world will never clearly see the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, until the blackness of sin is explicitly painted on the canvas of a just and holy Law. When a Christian sees what he has been saved from, he will realize what he has been saved for. He will have a love for God, for the unspeakable gift of the cross. It will be a continual source of joy. Gratitude will motivate him to reach out and do the will of God, to seek and save that which is lost. That is the key to genuine church growth, and that is how to see revival.Tim &amp; Anna Molterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11601171426109165182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-81291289583006246972009-05-05T18:06:00.000-07:002009-05-05T18:06:00.000-07:00Hi Pina,<br /><br />It is good to hear from you. We would love to have you come and worship with us. We miss you too.Pastor Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00010859369442302145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-16938584352586792032009-05-05T16:45:00.000-07:002009-05-05T16:45:00.000-07:00Amen Pat! (it is Pat writing this right?) This is Pina...I miss you guys, I have been wanting to come visit your church. We will soon!!!<br /><br />Heart<br />pinapinamariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16925628345741319687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-32068862209662887272008-11-25T09:47:00.000-08:002008-11-25T09:47:00.000-08:00I especially liked the "already and not yet" message. Tom Schreiner is my President.Gingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684719576066801735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-41193825215953843712008-11-05T13:47:00.000-08:002008-11-05T13:47:00.000-08:00Pat! Hi! <BR/>(smile)<BR/>I'm not sure if you remember me. <BR/>Does Fedorko ring any bells?<BR/>I miss you all so much! <BR/>Hope you are well. <BR/>I've heard so many wonderful things about your church! <BR/>I would visit, but I'm a little out of the way...<BR/>I'm serving on staff at Elohim Camp and Retreat center in Troy Montana. <BR/>God is good! <BR/>I love you all so much! <BR/><BR/>May our Lord richly bless you all!<BR/>In Christ, Emmaauntie emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487843014557468615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745152864388858187.post-62629749639841267822008-09-30T11:57:00.000-07:002008-09-30T11:57:00.000-07:00I relly licke that passeg.Moriahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06894159956604983904noreply@blogger.com