Doctor Hertwig said that I should cut down on caffeine, and so like the extremist I am, I go cold turkey the next day, which is today… I think. The truth is my head hurts worse right now since, well, since the last time I tried to stop cold turkey. It hurts to think. It [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2006’
"If we have everything but have not… doctrine?"
The church my Father attends and preaches at holds a discussion period, an adult Sunday school if you will, immediately following the sermon. I wish more churches did this since I always find it is a great time to both find out what other people are thinking and to share a bit about what you [...]
“Radical Anabaptists”
A CONFESSION Those of you who have known me in the past would now find me far more on the conservative side of most things than I ever would have been in the past. This whole study of church history is one that has greatly increased my respect for the historical aspects of both church [...]
More on persecution (not moron persecution)
Maybe persecution is essential to a healthy church… Maybe we were never meant to establish and earthly kingdom based on biblical principles… Maybe we were always meant to live in hostile surroundings and experience the perpetual purifying effects of constant persecution and avoid becoming the lumbering, gluttonous, Laodocian beast that we have become. Did we [...]
Is persecution the cure?
There seems to be a “lack of persecution” element at work in the North American Church. Historically, when the church is persecuted it grows the most and currently we know that fewer and fewer people in North America are finding church a worthwhile cause. When the best examples of persecution we can muster involve things [...]
A short story in short chapters
The Beanery is a classy little restaurant, especially for this town, but it has terrible music. I am subjected to Celine Dion or some such thing – some epic-ballad singer who sounds and probably looks more or less like all the others. I’m sure she’s the best combination of looks and voice that those [...]
Book Shopping!
I do love books! Listed below are books I have picked up in the last week. Half were found downtown in London (Canada) and half were purchased yesterday at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You’ll notice a theme – Reformation and Catholic history. That is about all I have read or written about [...]
