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Another Word about my Buddy Rusty

June 29, 2008

Regular readers of this blog will remember that I lost one of my dearest friends in this life back in February, when my friend Rusty Snyder passed away suddenly. On Friday, on the way back from conference, Karen and I stopped in Nashville and had…

The EFCA Resolution I Offered

June 29, 2008

I referenced, in a blog post Thursday, a resolution that I had offered at the end of our vote on the Statement of Faith. But since I’m working with a new laptop, I didn’t actually have a copy of the resolution–until my buddy Matt posted…

Reserve a Spot in Heaven!

June 29, 2008

Uh, no. Reserve a Spot in Heaven Thanks, I’m pretty sure God’s made a real way through Jesus. Thanks, but no thanks.

Live-Blogging the EFCA National Conference – Installment 5

June 26, 2008

UPDATE: 11:39 AM – By a vote of 630 to (I think) 105, the proposed revised Statement of Faith became the Statement of Faith. Blessed be the name of the Lord. I then offered a resolution, unanimously (I hope!) adopted, calling us to unity, recognizing…

Hello world! How about a radical idea?

March 20, 2004

As all of us are aware, we live in an age in which marriage is under
attack from many different directions. Cutting to the chase, the
most recent widespread such attack is the one which most clearly and
dangerously undermines the institution itself, and that is the
proposed radical redefinition of the very concept of marriage.

The purpose of this debate….

March 20, 2004

The purpose is this, and I guess I’d say it’s several-fold:

1. To awaken Christians to the seriousness of the issue–and maybe,
just maybe, in the process, to get them to think about the other
issues related to God-honoring marriage