http://www.westernseminary.edu/papers/index.htm

A panacea

A panacea
(Thomas Watson, "The Ten Commandments")The Scripture is a golden epistle, written by the Holy Spirit--and sent to us from heaven!The Scripture is a spiritual looking-glass, to dress our souls by. It shows us heart-sins, vain thoughts, unbelief, etc. It not only shows us our spots--but washes them away! The Scripture is an armory, out of which we may fetch spiritual artillery to fight against Satan. When our Savior was tempted by the devil, He fetched armor and weapons from Scripture: "It is written!" The Scripture is a panacea, or universal medicine for the soul. It gives a remedy to cure deadness of heart, Psalm 119:50; pride, 1 Pet 5:5; and infidelity, John 3:36. It is a garden of remedies, where we may gather an herb or antidote, to expel the poison of sin!The Scripture is "the only standard of conduct." It is the only rule by which we are to square our lives. It contains in it: all things needful to salvation; what duties we are to do; what sins we are to avoid. "When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight!" Jer. 15:16. All true solid comfort is fetched out of the Word. The Word is a spiritual garden, and the promises are the fragrant flowers or spices in this garden. How should we delight to walk among these beds of spices! The Scripture is a sovereign elixir, or comfort,in an hour of distress. "Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles!" Psalm 119:50. If we would have the Scripture effectual, let us labor not only to have the light of it in our heads;but its power in our hearts! "I have hidden your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119:11. The Word, locked up in the heart--is a preservative against sin. As one would carry an antidote with him when he comes near an infected place--so David carried the Word in his heart as a sacred antidote to preserve him from the infection of sin. When we read the holy Scriptures--let us look up to God for a blessing. Let us pray that God would not only give us His Word as a rule of holiness--but His grace as a principle of holiness! It is said, that the alchemist can draw oil out of iron. God's Spirit can produce grace in the most obdurate heart!

john bunyan

http://acacia.pair.com/Acacia.John.Bunyan/

senator suing God

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_fe_st/odd_suing_god

gracias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNcfWwuxQw

our hearts should always be thankful for everything we are,will be,have,will have......

a reformed plant in east harlem

Thank you for your willingness to pray for and support the East Harlem Church Plant.
We will be sending you an e-newsletter each month to let you know what is happening and inform you about our specific
prayer needs. September will be an exciting and busy time. Please join us in praying for the following:
• Melanie and I have already met twice with who we hope will become a core group of leaders for the new church and I am
meeting with others who have expressed an interest in joining the team. Please pray that God will bring the right team
together and develop solid relationships and a common vision for His work in East Harlem.
• I will be participating in several small groups designed to provide encouragement and mentoring in church planting and
urban ministry, as well as attending the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Fulton Street Revival. Please pray
that God will use these gatherings to help me grow as a leader and to build relationships with other ministries.
• I’m honored to have opportunities to preach twice this month at Christian Reformed Church congregations in New Jersey.
Please pray that God would bless my words.
• Pray that God would grow the relationships we have with our neighbors in our building and community, and that He
would prepare many of these wonderful people to be part of the church.
• Pray for Adrian and David as they return to school this fall - Adrian a freshman in high school, David in fifth grade.
Ask God to protect them and use the challenges they face to bring them closer to Him. Pray that as parents we would
know how to help them understand the church plant and their roles within it.
Johnny Acevedo . East Harlem Church Plant . 1400 5th Avenue #2E . New York, NY 10026
(212) 534-1359 . (917) 238-0029 (cell) . church4elbarrio@gmail.com
Checks can be made payable to Mid Atlantic Ministries and sent to our address. Gifts are tax-deductible.
Thank you for your support!
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Urban Word:
Also, seek the peace and
prosperity of the city
to which I have carried
you into exile. Pray to
the LORD for it, because
if it prospers, you too
will prosper.”
Jer. 29:7

Building a systematic theology

http://www.youtube.com/user/LGwalt

teaching videos taught by richard pratt: this is a article for you to know who he is:

http://reformedseminary.org/people/RichardPratt215x241.jpg

Robotech and voltron

Looks like two of my favorite childhood cartoons is coming to the big screen:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=43144

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070908/film_nm/maguire_dc

westminster confession chapter1:6

VI. The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: to which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word: and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature, and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed.

2 Tim. iii. 15–17; Gal. i. 8, 9; 2 Thess. ii. 2.2. John vi. 45; 1 Cor. ii. 9, 10, 12.3. 1 Cor. xi. 13, 14; xiv. 26, 40

little pramatists in our hearts

Truth is truth, and error, error, and that which is unlawful is unlawful, whether men think so or no. God hath put an eternal difference betwixt light and darkness, good and ill, which no creature’s conceit can alter, and therefore no man’s judgement is measure of things further than it agrees to truth stamped upon things themselves by God.
..................................... -Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)

something we should take to heart sometimes we are pragmatists with the attitude "hey it is working--so God must be blessing it!!!

Our 300-our persian invader

I just saw 300 yesterday and it got me to wonder this: We hispanics have our own "300" fighting in liberal denominations,small churches-fighting againest our persian empire the false gospel of health/wealth,cults,postmodernism,liberalism,false christs,of unbibicals fads etc:

18(A) Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not(B) kissed him."(1 kins 19:18)

2-6Do you remember that time Elijah was agonizing over this same Israel and cried out in prayer? God, they murdered your prophets, They trashed your altars; I'm the only one left and now they're after me!And do you remember God's answer? I still have seven thousand who haven't quit, Seven thousand who are loyal to the finish.
It's the same today. There's a fiercely loyal minority still—not many, perhaps, but probably more than you think. They're holding on, not because of what they think they're going to get out of it, but because they're convinced of God's grace and purpose in choosing them. If they were only thinking of their own immediate self-interest, they would have left long ago. (romans 11:2-6)

and they are waiting for the solidly biblically churches to come to their aid in the urban centers and not hiding behind their ivory towers called the suburbs or upper class neighborhoods......

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.
16 Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. (matt 5:14-16)

pharisee and the publican john bunyan

http://acacia.pair.com/Acacia.John.Bunyan/Sermons.Allegories/Discourse.Pharisee.Publican/index.html

something we christains need to remember

Then you will be thankful(Thomas Watson, "The Godly Man'sPicture Drawn with a Scripture Pencil)If you wish to be thankful, get a heart deeply humbled with the sense of your own vileness. A broken heart is the best pipe to sound forth God's praise. He who studies his sins, wonders that he has anything, and that God should shine on such a dunghill: "I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man--but I was shown mercy!" (1 Timothy 1:13). How thankful Paul was! How he trumpeted forth free grace! A proud man will never be thankful. He looks on all his mercies as either of his own procuring or deserving. If he has an estate, this he got by his wits and industry; not considering that scripture, "Always remember that it is the Lord your God who gives you power to become rich" (Dt. 8:18). Pride stops the current of gratitude. O Christian, think of your unworthiness; see yourself as the least of saints, and the chief of sinners--and then you will be thankful.

spurgeon reformed libary

http://hometown.aol.com/spurgeonreformed/index.html

saved by the bell;jesse,me and the gospel

In the last decade i worked at barnes and noble and one day the actress who played jesse on saved by the bell came in. Everyone was adoraing her,oogling her,worshipping her and serving hand in foot-but me. The same quality service i gave the customers i gave to her regardless of who they are. She just kept on after me to serve her,to recognize her to worship her like all the others. This has a direct bearing on the gospel in this sense: we,like that actress what to be recognized,known by our name. There is one person that should know us -that we should in the upmost want to be known by them and to know: that person is Jesus Christ......

14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
15 even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:14-15)

33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

(Matthew 25:33-46)

8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of(A) the surpassing worth of(B) knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I(C) have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having(D) a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but(E) that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10(F) that I may know him and(G) the power of his resurrection, and(H) may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11that by any means possible I may(I) attain the resurrection from the dead.
Straining Toward the Goal 12Not that I have already(J) obtained this or(K) am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

(Philippians 3:8-12)

2For I resolved to know nothing (to be acquainted with nothing, to make a display of the knowledge of nothing, and to be conscious of nothing) among you except Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and Him crucified. (1 Corinthians 2:2)

6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings(hosea 6:6)

History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century

http://www.lgmarshall.org/Daubigne/daubigne_refhistory00_00.html

A Sermon That Has Angered Many - Examine Yourself

2 Corinthians 13:5:
5Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith.(A) Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that(B) Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

1 John 1:6-8:
6(A) If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and(B) do not practice the truth. 7But(C) if we walk in the light,(D) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and(E) the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8(F) If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and(G) the truth is not in us.

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=5220621750

a wonderful sermon by Paul Washer

church life resources

http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=200/

The Schemer's Plans by m.clark

I came across this post may it bless us all:

For Wednesday, August 8, 2007Proverbs 24:8-9Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.The devising of folly is sin,and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

Wickedness is wickedness however it is carried out. But as the law affirms, it is especially repugnant to devise wickedness. Some people "fall" into sin, yielding against their better judgment. But the schemer plans his evil. He uses his ability to reason for the express purpose of causing mischief.Consider the drug dealer who uses business acumen to run an elaborate, sophisticated business complex. Consider the thief who studies how to carry out a crime with the same meticulous attentiveness as any scholar. There is the businessman who out of greed and ambition uses his talent and expertise to manipulate the system and gain undue advantage over others.There is a sadness about such persons. For one considers not only the crimes committed, but the good that goes undone that these persons were capable of. What if such schemers used their abilities for good? What all could be done? How much good goes undone?And then there is the scoffer who is an abomination. Again, the problem is not merely that he ridicules, but that he uses his mental skills to mock rather than for productive good. Scoffing is the lazy man's use of mental wit. Unlike the schemer who turns to wickedness out of ambition, the scoffer turns to destructive ridicule out of lack of ambition. Both live wasted lives.What are your plans today? To advance your own cause or the cause of Christ? To shoot down the efforts of others or build others up? It is not good to know the plans of your Lord today for you? Whatever exactly they may be, they are for your good.

TAROT CARDS AND THE GOSPEL???

this is so anti-gospel:

http://www.moriel.org/articles/discernment/church_issues/religious_spirituality_in_western_world.htm

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/13596.htm

http://www.cuttingedge.org/na/na037.html

http://www.christianitymagazine.co.uk/engine.cfm?i=92&id=154&arch=1

http://www.nisbett.com/symbols/tarot_and_playing_cards.htm

http://www.leaderu.com/apologia_report/archive/06/ar06-43.html

(leadership u)

The deck of cards by t.texas tyler

Honestly i did not know how to make of this when it was shared at the church i visited this is the non catholic version-all i can say is a little leven ruins the whole bread meaning where do we draw the line?? start using tarot cards as witnessing tools???

A young soldier was in his bunkhouse all alone one Sunday morning. It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't made a noise.The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week. As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.Just then an Army Sergeant came in and asked, "Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?"The soldier replied, "I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord."The sergeant said, "Looks like you're going to play cards."The soldier said, "No sir, you see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country, I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards."The sergeant asked in disbelief, "How will you do that?""You see the Ace, Sergeant, it reminds that there is only one God.The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments.The Three represents the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.The Four stands for the Four Apostles: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.The Five is for the five virgins, there were ten, but only five of them were glorified.The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth.The Seven is for the day God rested after working the six days.The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives, in which God saved the eight people from the flood that destroyed the earth for the first time.The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy. He cleansed ten but nine never thanked Him.The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.The Jack is a reminder of Satan. One of God's first angels, but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the Joker of eternal hell.The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year.There are a total of 52 cards in a deck, each is a week, 52 weeks in a year.The four suits represents the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.Each suit has thirteen cards, there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.So when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for."The sergeant just stood there and after a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, "Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?"
Please let this be a reminder and take time to pray for all of our soldiers who are being sent away, putting their lives on the line fighting for us.

children tatoos

http://www.mypreciouskid.com/temporary-tattoos.html

temporary safety tatoos for children when traveling in the neighborhood,city,state or abroad.

for batman fans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq5RHUO6yLg

urbanonramps

http://www.urbanonramps.com/

looking at someone elses shoes

Never look at what the person(s) in front of you is wearing-with contempt,pride,pharisee,mockery,indifference,compassionless etc because you might one day wear a similar pair or worse.....

3For(D) by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you(E) not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment,(F) each according to(G) the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4For(H) as in one body we have many members,[c] and the members do not all have the same function,(rom 12:3-4)

10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary,(C) I worked harder than any of them,(D) though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. (1 cor 15:11)

17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; (1tim 6:17)

1Do not boast about tomorrow, (A) for you do not know what a day may bring.(prov 27:1)

19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up(A) for many years; relax,(B) eat, drink, be merry.'20But God said to him,(A) 'Fool!(B) This night(C) your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared,(D) whose will they be?'(luke 12:19-20)

13Come now, you who say,(A) "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For(A) you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

(james 4:13-14)

300 page iphone bill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h-jFzQFMLw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6EhNyMFyMQ

reformed blacks of america

http://www.reformedblacksofamerica.org/

a perfect example of a depraved sense of humor

when humor and trying to sell a buck-goes beyond moral decency.The ad reads:

your clost space is shrinking as fast as her right to choose......

God's living rainbow:christains of all races,tongues and nations

The Lord has two heavens(Thomas Watson, "Body of Divinity")"Just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written--Be holy, because I am holy." 1 Peter 1:15-16God is not drawn to any person's outward beauty, great abilities, noble blood or worldly grandeur. But He is drawn to a heart embellished with holiness. Christ never admired anything but the beauty of holiness. He slighted the glorious buildings of the temple--but admired the woman's faith, and said, "O woman, great is your faith!" As a king delights to see his image upon a piece of coin; so where God sees His likeness--He gives His love! The Lord has two heavens to dwell in--and the holy heart is one of them!

Dog the bounty hunter and the gospel

In a rerun of dog the bounty hunter-in it after chasing a fugitive who went to church and was active in it-he commented in sharing the gospel or the way as he calls it-other fugitives do not know the way but this fugitive knows the way-so he has a better chance to change his life.

I love the dog but you cannot assume this....

Did the church the fugitive went to:

taught him to put his faith on Christ or his works:

answering a altar call

baptized as a infant

participation in church activities??? etc

brought him to the foot of Christ of the bible or to the foot of man's imagination of christ

brought him to the gospel in the pages of the Bible or the gospel according to the world?

in evangelism/witnessing you do not assume but share the true gospel as if they never ever heard it before--maybe they havent........

missing children

http://www.myspace.com/griots

click on missing children gallery

Important toy recall

http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/MattelMagnetProgram.pdf

http://theswca.com/textf/toydeath.html

Deliver Us from the Evil One

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=72207121622

52. Lord's Day
Question 127. Which is the sixth petition?
Answer: "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"; that is, since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand a moment; (a) and besides this, since our mortal enemies, the devil, (b) the world, (c) and our own flesh, (d) cease not to assault us, do thou therefore preserve and strengthen us by the power of thy Holy Spirit, that we may not be overcome in this spiritual warfare, (e) but constantly and strenuously may resist our foes, till at last we obtain a complete victory. (f)
(a) John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Ps.103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. (b) 1 Pet.5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Eph.6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (c) John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. (d) Rom.7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Gal.5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (e) Matt.26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Mark 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. (f) 1 Thess.3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 1 Thess.5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

God's will for your life preached by john mcarther

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCt1UiSMUnM part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKgmIK2TgO4 part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgZRwepz_M8 part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgZRwepz_M8 part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBgmMREurdc part 5 final

next post be by august 7

Missing little girl!!!!

I am trying to pace myself and i will post on july 31st definetly-but i needed to post this immediately:

Hi everyone:Please look at the picture of the missing 3 year old child jewel carefully and forward to everyone you know!Thanks,

This is really sad that the family of this young girl has to do this, but"others" can get the attention of mass media. Please pass this along andsay a pray for the Strong Family.PLEASE HELP US BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL UNTIL THIS REACHES A WORLD-WIDEAUDIENCE AND JEWEL IS RETURNED HOME SAFELYRacharel Strong (father) - 404-357-1881Simona Strong (mother) - 404-313-4255Tiesa Locklear (aunt) - 678-234-4902Tramesa Locklear (aunt) 678-480-1635Ursala Williams (aunt) 678-362-5246GOD FIRST, PEOPLE ALWAYS .....

Baby on board

I am sorry i have not blogged in a regular basis but i will blog again by july 3oth--taking time now since my wife is going to have a baby! Our baby is due on or around march 25th 2008 and I thank Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and God the father and God the Holy Spirit for giving us this wonderful blessing and that He will give us all the grace to be good parents to both our children.....

worship

http://www.worr.org/

Transformers live again

I went to see the latest transformer movie yesterday with my family. Honestly i had doubts and fears since there are certain stories that can not at the momment be made into a live action movie--i am surprised and happy to report that this transformer movie is no longer one of these. The current movie captured the special effects needed to bring this wonderful story to the new generation today and to me it captured the cornyish of the 80's cartoon as well... i can't wait ...let me change that me,my wife and son can not wait for furture sequels of the galliant christ-figure optimus prime and his autobots as they further battle megatron and his evil decepticons. all i can further say about this movie is: it is truly more thn meets the eye."

total depravity

http://www.reformedonline.com/view/reformedonline/Total%20Depravity%20revised.htm

crouching tiger

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=61907114410