links for 2007-08-16

Change of Plans…

I had a slight change of plans for this Sunday. The PCA church in Palm Harbor called me back to preach one more sermon this Sunday the 19th. I look forward doing my second part series on Joshua 6. My second sermon is entitled: The Redemption of Rahab.

Kristol and comedy…

I did see the video with Bill Kristol on John Stewart’s Comedy Central. The guy is generally serious and unable to say anything funny, but last night, he actually made me laugh. Unfortunately, though he made me laugh, he continually makes me weep with his warmongering non-sense. If Bill Kristol were in charge of this Republic, he would have American troops in every continent and if possible, he would probably invade some peaceful Indian tribe in the Amazon, condemning them for being un-american. As Thomas DiLorenzo has said: “If America has not become a society of morons, Kristol clearly thinks we have.” See video

What’s coming?

I will be teaching once again this Sunday at New Life on: The Wrath of God. If anyone is looking for a PCA church in the Clermont area, please visit us.

Our Sunday School starts at 9:15AM and our morning service starts at 10:30AM.

This Saturday, I may be attending a Pro-Life protest in downtown, Orlando. I will be joining various Christians in prayer for the many who will be killing their unborn that day. By God’s grace, someone will spare her child, and find true life in Christ Jesus.

Seminarian’s humor…

After three years in seminary, I have noticed that what appears to be humorous to me, is generally not humorous to others. Two examples of this will suffice:

Recently, as I was working on shelving some books at the bookstore, I noticed that under the letter “S” R.C. Sproul and John Shelby Spong’s books were side by side.

At another instance, a young energetic lady came in the store looking for “theological stuff,” as she requested. I calmly asked her what theological material she was looking for; immediately she replied: “Oh, Luther and Calvin!’ I gladly led her to the 50 plus books we have on the Reformation alone, including several biographies and theological works of Luther and Calvin. After almost 45 minutes perusing through the store, she finally came to check out with about 10 books. To my greatest amusement, she had bought a collection of John R. Rice sermons. Now, that is real humor!

Wall Street Journal recognizes Paul’s Success…

Sean Hannity once again continued what appears to be a purposeful attempt to avoid the naming of Ron Paul. Hannity took a large portion of his first hour to discuss the Ames Straw Poll. He praised Romney by asserting that we should honor the successful men of our country. He proceeded to name the Republicans starting with winner Mitt Romney; he then mentioned second place Mike Huckabee, third place Sam Brownback, fourth place Tom Tancredo, and before mentioning the fifth, (Ron Paul) he skipped to mention that Tommy Thompson (sixth place) dropped out of the race. I may be overly skeptical here, but there is reason to believe that Hannity has continually avoided the mention of Ron Paul on his radio program since the day second Republican debate, where he and Paul had a heated discussion in the post-debate interview. Fortunately, the Wall Street Journal observed Ron Paul’s campaign success:

Fourth place and fifth place went, respectively, to Reps. Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Ron Paul of Texas — impressive showings for two men with narrowly defined candidacies.

Mr. Paul, meanwhile, has built a fanatical following that has embraced his libertarian message and antiwar, anti-interventionist views; supporters came at their own expense from as far as Washington state to help out, though only Iowans could vote.