Newsletter: April 2009
March 23, 2009
Filed under First Baptist Enoree, Perspectives
Tags: Downsizing, Economics, Environmentalism, Materialism, Matthew 6:19-21, McMansions, Stewardship
Americans are moving on up to smaller, smarter homes – USATODAY.com
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/home/2009-03-16-small-homes_N.htm
Screen clipping taken: 3/23/2009, 7:45 AM
“For more than a decade, she has urged people to build better, not bigger. Now, as the U.S. economy struggles to climb out of a tailspin and environmental concerns rise, her message has gone mainstream.”
Last week this article was the USA Today headline story delivered to my phone on Monday. I read through the article, finding its content something worthy of being discussed in a Christian context. I find at least two major portions of this article fascinating.
Is this Baptism, or is it a child getting wet?
March 16, 2009
Filed under Perspectives
Tags: Baptism, Christ-likeness, Joy, Regenerate Believers, Repentance, trust
Although this is a humorous scene, the question I immediately had when I saw this was if this young boy was truly a regenerate believer. Certainly this adds a whole new dimension to the phrase a “leap of faith” but is this attitude one of brokenness over sin and humble submission to the Savior? In this clip I certainly see the unrestrained joy that should accompany salvation but I see none of the necessary sorrow over sin and desire to be Christ-like. What do you think?
True Morality Takes a Back Seat
March 10, 2009
Filed under Ethics, Perspectives
Tags: 2 Chronicles 25, 2 Chronicles 26, Abortion, Adult Stem Cells, Civil Union, Embryonic Stem Cells, Ethics, Governmental Neutrality, Homosexuality, Moral Values, Obama, Politics, Proverbs 14:12, Romans 13:1-7, snowflake babies, Sound Science, Washington's Farewell Address, Woman's Right to Choose
Obama Signs Order Lifting Restrictions on Stem Cell Research Funding – First 100 Days of Presidency – Politics FOXNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/09/obama-lift-restrictions-stem-cell-research-funding/
Screen clipping taken: 3/10/2009, 5:33 AM
As I read the quote above this morning I found myself taken aback at the recklessness of the president’s thinking on this issue. As I see it there are at least three parts of this quote that I find disturbing.
