OK. Somebody tell me what in the world an 'epologist' is. It's not in the dictionary but I've been seeing it on the blogs for a while, used instead of the word 'apologist' I believe.
Is it some sort of newly-coined derogatory term?
UPDATE: Here's a post on CARM that uses the word, and is also an interesting comment in itself by someone who became Catholic and then left the Catholic church.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Articuli Fidei: Critical issues concerning infallibility and the development of doctrine – the historical roots
Articuli Fidei: Critical issues concerning infallibility and the development of doctrine – the historical roots
I just found this blog because someone came here from there. It looks very interesting, as I see the last several posts are about the author's struggle with issues of Roman Catholicism vs. protestantism, after having converted to Catholicism several years ago, and an apparent decision to no longer attend the Roman Catholic Church. I am interested to find out the rest of the story. I haven't read it carefully yet.
UPDATE: it appears that David Waltz, the author of the above blog, does not have issues with all of the Catholic doctrines, but mainly he 'can no longer affirm Papal infallibility, nor the inherit infallibility of the Ecumenical councils.'
Also, I was very surprised to see that David has my blog listed in his side bar, and under 'reformed links' too! I think the reformed (Calvinist) guys would think I should be under 'unreformable' as we've had some discussions about Calvinism here and on other blogs, and I am NOT a Calvinist, nor reformed, just a plain Baptist, and not Arminian either, as far as I can figure out what that means.
I just found this blog because someone came here from there. It looks very interesting, as I see the last several posts are about the author's struggle with issues of Roman Catholicism vs. protestantism, after having converted to Catholicism several years ago, and an apparent decision to no longer attend the Roman Catholic Church. I am interested to find out the rest of the story. I haven't read it carefully yet.
UPDATE: it appears that David Waltz, the author of the above blog, does not have issues with all of the Catholic doctrines, but mainly he 'can no longer affirm Papal infallibility, nor the inherit infallibility of the Ecumenical councils.'
Also, I was very surprised to see that David has my blog listed in his side bar, and under 'reformed links' too! I think the reformed (Calvinist) guys would think I should be under 'unreformable' as we've had some discussions about Calvinism here and on other blogs, and I am NOT a Calvinist, nor reformed, just a plain Baptist, and not Arminian either, as far as I can figure out what that means.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
'The Crucified Rabbi' on Visits to Candyland blog
We've been discussing some comments about a book called 'The Crucified Rabbi' on Visits to Candyland.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Baptist Haiti Mission: On Twitter!
I just joined Twitter and saw that my husband had found Baptist Haiti Mission there. It's a good way to get quick updates so we can know how to pray for them.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Baptist Haiti Mission: The Bakers in Haiti Blog
The Bakers in Haiti blog is giving updates on how things are going for the Baptist Haiti Mission ministry and their relief efforts in Haiti. Please pray for these needs and give if you can. The earlier post has a link to the BHM website where donations can be made.
Update from Haiti: A Voice in the Wilderness
We received an email update from Liz Seese of A Voice in the Wilderness ministries with good news and a prayer request!
I just received an e-mail from Ricardo and all my people (the staff) are alive...and HOPE is still standing......
He also ask for prayers for Gyna because he says "it is the time"!
I will write more later.....I am so relieved....and can only say
THANK YOU Heavenly Father for answering our prayers!!!!!!
TILL LATER WITH MUCH LOVE lIZ
Interesting Quote on the Gospel
This blog had an interesting take on the quote: 'Preach the gospel; if necessary use words.'
Loved this quote I read on Justin Taylor's blog today:
@J.D. Greear: Saying “Preach the gospel; if necessary use words” is like saying “Tell me your phone number; if necessary use digits.”
The gospel is a message. If you take out the words, you have no gospel!
I totally agree, and in case anyone thinks this is saying holiness is not necessary to the Christian life, it's not. It's just affirming that the gospel IS the 'word' and has to be preached. It should go without saying that preaching the gospel has a much greater effect if the one preaching lives a holy and sacrificial life.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Baptist Haiti Mission: another way to help the people of Haiti
Here is another ministry, the Baptist Haiti Mission, that has been in Haiti for a long time and is accepting online donations to help the relief effort.
Information on the Haiti earthquake/ministry:A Voice in the Wilderness
I found a news article about the Haiti earthquake that mentions Elizabeth (Liz) Seese, who is mentioned in the earlier post below. She is a director of A Voice in the Wilderness, which ministers to people in Carre Four Feuilles. They worship in Good Shepherd Church.
I also found an older online article that gives a moving picture of the hearts of the people and the ministers in Carre Four Feuilles centered around Good Shepherd Church. It is very different there where they know that they depend upon God for everything.
Here is another article I found about A Voice in the Wilderness.
Here is the website for A Voice in the Wilderness, which has an address where donations can be sent.
I also found an older online article that gives a moving picture of the hearts of the people and the ministers in Carre Four Feuilles centered around Good Shepherd Church. It is very different there where they know that they depend upon God for everything.
Here is another article I found about A Voice in the Wilderness.
Here is the website for A Voice in the Wilderness, which has an address where donations can be sent.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
PRAY FOR HAITI!
The following are emails sent out to all members through our homeschool co-op director by a ministry that the co-op (Koinonia ACIS) supports in Haiti. Please pray for these ministries and for all of Haiti:
This is the ministry Koinoina supports on Rice and Water day. horrible, horrible...please pray..t
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AFTER 300 ATTEMPTS....I REACHED HAITI AND JOEL QUERETTE MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IS ALIVE AND UNHURT...WE HAD A TERRIBLE CONNECTION BUT I DID HEAR THAT TWO OF PASTOR JEROME'S BOYS ARE DEAD AND TWO OF MY BOYS WHO I HAD GROWN ATTACHED TO ARE DEAD AND GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH AND THE COMPOUND WE BUILT IS GONE AND CARRE FOUR FEUILLES IS GONE AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DEAD BODIES IN CARRE FOUR FEUILLES AND PORT AU PRINCE IS COVERED WITH DEAD BODIES AND THE DEVASTATION IS BEYOND ANYTHING ANYONE CAN IMAGINE.....
I TOLD HIM TO TAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS HE NEEDS FROM THE BANK ACCOUNT AND BUY PHONE CARDS SO HE CAN CALL ME TOMORROW AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION...
HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH ANY OF THE STAFF OF HOPE OR OUR OTHER INTERPRETER.....
PLEASE PRAY FOR MY PEOPLE IN HAITI AND PLEASE PRAY FOR ME...MY HEART IS CRUSHED...
LOVE LIZ
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Dear Friends,
I have not been able to get through to Haiti again but I thought you would want to know the following;
The Red Cross has been no help because I need to know a bout my staff and building...I am trying to find some agency to help....
The Wall's Guesthouse where we stay has been destroyed...there is no information on the status of the staff and guest...these were the people that were so good to me when I got sick and had to go to the Haitian Hospital a few years ago.....
The CSI guesthouse has sustained damages as has their orphanage...all the missionaries are safe and slept outside last night....
your notes of encouragement and phone calls are keeping me grounded....
SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST; My number two employee Ricardo's wife Gyna is at the end of a long difficult pregnancy and was due to have a c section this coming monday by a specialist there in Haiti.....They lived in the town where the earthquake actually hit Carre Four and I do not know if they are alive but please pray for them and for that unborn baby....
INfo: Most of my staff lived within three blocks of the Good Shepherd Compound that collapsed..please keep them in your prayers...also
we have a large quantity of food and powdered milk at Hope if the building is still standing (I have no idea)and if any of the cooks are alive we could cook and feed the people...but we must have water....please pray for this project and when I speak with Joel again I will send another update....
to those of you are have expressed a willingness to go to Haiti....at the present time there is no way...but as soon as possible I will let you know...there will be a great need when we can safely get there...as of this morning even the Red Cross is not going on ground.....
I feel as though I have spoken with every agency immaginable to no avail...if you have any suggestion please let me know....
Love always, Liz
Monday, January 11, 2010
Friday, January 08, 2010
The Pilgrim Church by E.H. Broadbent: Chapter One--A Permanent Pattern
As I am reading The Pilgrim Church by E.H. Broadbent, I plan on posting a few short excerpts from each chapter to give an idea of some of the material in the book. Following is an excerpt from the beginning of chapter one.
The New Testament is the worthy completion of the Old. It is the only proper end to which the Law and the Prophets could have led. It does not do away with them, but enriches in fulfilling and replacing them. It has in itself the character of completeness, presenting, not the rudimentary beginning of a new era which requires constant modification and addition to meet the needs of changing times, but a revelation suited to all men in all times. Jesus Christ cannot be made known to us better than He is in the four Gospels, nor can the consequences or doctrines which flow from the facts of His death and resurrection be more truly taught than they are in the Epistles.
The Old Testament records the formation and history of Israel, the people through whom God revealed Himself in the world until Christ should come. The New Testament reveals the Church of Christ, consisting of all who are born again through faith in the Son of God and so made partakers of the divine and eternal life of Christ (Jn. 3:16)
As this body, the whole Church of Christ, cannot be seen and cannot act in any one place, since many of its members are already with Christ and others scattered throughout the world, it is appointed to be actually known and to bear its testimony in the form of churches of God in various places and at different times. Each of these consists of those disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ who, in the place where they live, gather together in His name. To such the presence of the Lord in their midst is promised and the manifestation of the Holy Spirit is given in different ways through all the members (Mt. 18:20; 1 Cor. 12:7)
Each of these churches stands in direct relationship to the Lord, draws its authority from Him, and is responsible to Him (Rev. 2:3). There is no suggestion that one church should control another or that any organized union of churches should exist, but an intimate personal fellowship unites them (Acts 15:36).
The chief business of the churches is to make known throughout the world the gospel or good news of salvation. This the Lord commanded before His ascension, promising to give the Holy Spirit as the power in which it should be accomplished (Acts 1:8)
Events in the history of the churches in the time of the apostles have been selected and recorded in the Book of the Acts in such a way as to provide a permanent pattern for the churches. Departure from this pattern has had disastrous consequences, and all revival and restoration have been due to some return to the pattern and principles in the Scriptures.
The following account of some later events, compiled from various writers, show that there has been a continuous succession of churches composed of believers who have made it their aim to act on the teaching of the New Testament. This succession is not necessarily to be found in any one place; often such churches have been dispersed or have degenerated, but similar ones have appeared in other places. The pattern is so clearly delineated in the Scriptures as to have made it possible for churches of this character to spring up in fresh places and among believers who did not know that disciples before them had taken the same path, or that there where some in their own time in other parts of the world. Points of contact with more general history are noted where the connection helps to an understanding of the churches described.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Isaiah 66: True Worship and False/The Vindication of Zion
1 Thus says the LORD:
“ Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the LORD.
“ But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.
3 “ He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
4 So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
5 Hear the word of the LORD,
You who tremble at His word:
“ Your brethren who hated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
‘ Let the LORD be glorified,
That we may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.”
6 The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the LORD,
Who fully repays His enemies!
7 “ Before she was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her pain came,
She delivered a male child.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.
9 Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the LORD.
“ Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
10 “ Rejoice with Jerusalem,
And be glad with her, all you who love her;
Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
11 That you may feed and be satisfied
With the consolation of her bosom,
That you may drink deeply and be delighted
With the abundance of her glory.”
12 For thus says the LORD:
“ Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.
Then you shall feed;
On her sides shall you be carried,
And be dandled on her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
So I will comfort you;
And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
14 When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,
And your bones shall flourish like grass;
The hand of the LORD shall be known to His servants,
And His indignation to His enemies.
15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire
And with His chariots, like a whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by His sword
The LORD will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 “ Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall be consumed together,” says the LORD.
18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. 20 Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. 21 And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
22 “ For as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the LORD,
“ So shall your descendants and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
24 “ And they shall go forth and look
Upon the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm does not die,
And their fire is not quenched.
They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
“ Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the LORD.
“ But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.
3 “ He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
4 So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
5 Hear the word of the LORD,
You who tremble at His word:
“ Your brethren who hated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
‘ Let the LORD be glorified,
That we may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.”
6 The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the LORD,
Who fully repays His enemies!
7 “ Before she was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her pain came,
She delivered a male child.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.
9 Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the LORD.
“ Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
10 “ Rejoice with Jerusalem,
And be glad with her, all you who love her;
Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
11 That you may feed and be satisfied
With the consolation of her bosom,
That you may drink deeply and be delighted
With the abundance of her glory.”
12 For thus says the LORD:
“ Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.
Then you shall feed;
On her sides shall you be carried,
And be dandled on her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
So I will comfort you;
And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
14 When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,
And your bones shall flourish like grass;
The hand of the LORD shall be known to His servants,
And His indignation to His enemies.
15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire
And with His chariots, like a whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by His sword
The LORD will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 “ Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall be consumed together,” says the LORD.
18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. 20 Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. 21 And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
22 “ For as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the LORD,
“ So shall your descendants and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
24 “ And they shall go forth and look
Upon the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm does not die,
And their fire is not quenched.
They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
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