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Category: Holidays

  • Celebrating the Release of Prisoners

    Today the French celebrate “Bastille Day,” a day on which the rebellious mob of the French Revolution overwhelmed the security of France’s most famous prison, the Bastille, and released its prisoners. I have a proposal this year to remember on this day God’s gracious act of regeneration. It is a bit incongruous, I suppose to…

  • Worship-Related Blog Posts of Interest

    Have Praise and Worship Music in Church become a Cain Sacrifice to God? (TurretinFan would answer, “yes”) The RPW is simple, why all the fuss? (TurretinFan would answer, “because people think they know better”) Handraising in Worship: Questions (TurretinFan would answer, “Jordan basically gets it right: raised hands by the pastor during prayer/benediction is called…

  • In Praise of Slavery and Piracy

    Joseph’s brethren famously sold Joseph into slavery: Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. Later Joseph explained that this was intended as evil by the brothers…

  • The real Turretin: On Christmas

    I stumbled recently across this post, in which the author (about 80% of the way through the article) transcribes the real Turretin’s view on Christmas. (link) Obviously, I don’t share the views of the articles’ author, even if I do share the views of Turretin, Calvin, etc., whom he cites. Also, by the way, I…

  • Jackson’s Birthday

    And, of course, as a follow-up to my previous post (link), today is the birthday of General “Stonewall” Jackson: military hero and devout Christian gentleman. Born in 1824. Read more here. UPDATE: Benjamin Glaser’s tribute (here). To God be the Glory!

  • Happy 200th Birthday …

    … to General Robert E. Lee. Christian, gentleman, patriot, and hero. May God give us more men like him. (see McCrory’s discussion) UPDATE: Obviously, this post is about a year late. Yesterday was the 201st anniversary of Lee’s birth. To God be the Glory!

  • Part V of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas

    This is the fifth, and final, post in my series of posts to Centuri0n. As I’ve pointed out in each of the last three posts, one should really start with the first post and read sequentially. (part 1)(part 2)(part 3)(part 4) In this part, I’ll be tackling Centuri0n’s conclusion:*** Centuri0n’s Conclusion, including embedded quotations ***It…

  • Part IV of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas

    This is the fourth part of a series of response to a recent post from Centuri0n. I suggest that you read the first three parts first, in order to gain a proper perspective and context. (part 1)(part 2)(part 3) In this part, I’ll be addressing Centuri0n’s claim that: “Here’s a short list of things that…

  • Part III of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas

    This is the third part of a series of responses to post by Centuri0n. If you haven’t read the first two posts in the series, you should really read those first (part 1) (part 2). In this part, I’ll address Centuri0n’s contention that: “Here’s a short list of things that we have to stop doing…

  • Part II of my Response of my Response to Centuri0n on Christmas

    Part I of my response is provided above, and should be read first (link). In Part II, I will discuss very briefly Centuri0n’s comments on Lord’s Day worship: Centuri0n seems to think that if one took my position to its logical conclusion, one would have to “– stop worshipping on Sundays” to avoid having the…