Monthly Archives: October 2011

31
Oct

Halloween pwns Satan (not the other way around)

It has become routine in October for some Christian schools to send out letters warning parents about the evils of Halloween, and it has become equally routine for me to be asked questions about this matter.[1] “Halloween” is simply a … Continue reading →

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31
Oct

Working hard: there is no substitute

The first rule for improving personal efficiency is: Act on an item the first time you read or touch it. I’m not talking about those things that you can’t do now or even those things you shouldn’t do now. I’m … Continue reading →

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28
Oct

Tamar’s righteousness from generation to generation

About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.  And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.” As she was being brought out, she sent word to … Continue reading →

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27
Oct

Big brother v. the end goal of baptism

As I suspect, it always comes back to baptism, infant baptism in particular. Kahn: “Liberalism has never produced an adequate explanation of the family, because we cannot understand children” without the framing assumptions of liberalism – its assumption that the … Continue reading →

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27
Oct

The Bible is God’s fault, not Peter Leithart’s or anyone else’s

Lets stipulate that there are a bunch of superstitious, overreaching views about baptism that make it magic. OK. Lets stipulate we are not supposed to encourage such views but rather refute them. That still does not get us out of … Continue reading →

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26
Oct

Further reflection on the Leithart trial: Why it is important to affirm that all in the church are God’s children? Because it bolsters the warnings against disinheritance and also encourages perseverance in the Faith.

Baptism is a sacrament of the new testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, …  for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible church via Confession of Faith. The visible church, which is also catholic or universal under the … Continue reading →

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26
Oct

Alan Greenspan, smoking gun, Feb 23, 2004

One way homeowners attempt to manage their payment risk is to use fixed-rate mortgages, which typically allow homeowners to prepay their debt when interest rates fall but do not involve an increase in payments when interest rates rise. Homeowners pay … Continue reading →

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25
Oct

Quotations from Letham on Baptism as used by the Leithart defense

Here are the quotations Peter Leithart’s defense culled from Robert Letham’s book, The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Its Historical Context. I’ll make some personal comments at the bottom of this post. But here is the Letham material that … Continue reading →

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25
Oct

Declare independence

If you want to stop comparing yourself to others you have to stop caring that all your friends are constantly comparing you to others. Declare independence.

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24
Oct

“Greece is being destroyed”

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