Posted in some thoughts on Feb 28th, 2009
The $64,000 question these days, seems to revolve around the ability to communicate truth through language. Can we use human words and phrases to communicate true things, or is every attempt completely corrupt? I came across the following quote this morning in Cornelius Van Til’s A Survey of Christian Epistemology (In Defense of the Faith, [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 26th, 2009
From this morning’s private reading in the M’Cheyne Reading Plan: 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 23rd, 2009
A rich passage from today’s private reading in the M’Cheyne reading plan (and a few notes after): 23:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 20th, 2009
Amazing. To think; these eyes are only a few months old. This mind, only a few short months old. Such innocence; every day he must see things he’s never seen before. Father, protect his eyes from evil sights. And his mind, from worthless thoughts. I wonder: is he as eager to see and think it [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 19th, 2009
Luke 5:17-26, ESV [show] [17]On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. [18]And behold, some men were bringing on a bed [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 18th, 2009
A few thoughts on today’s family worship readings: Exodus 1 [show] These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: [2]Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, [3]Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, [4]Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. [5]All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 17th, 2009
We live in a religious climate that seems to believe that shared experience (whether in prayer or worship) is what unifies God’s people. That is not the case. Paul makes it known in [2 Timothy 1:13-14 [show] [13]Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 14th, 2009
Friends, If you’re subscribing to this blog via RSS, please note that the feed source has been changed to: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/arongahagan If you’re not sure what RSS is, here’s a decent introduction: A Primer on RSS Feeds, by Matt Perman of Desiring God Ministries. If you’re not using an RSS Reader, I highly recommend Google Reader. [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 12th, 2009
“Just love God and people” is not the gospel; it is precisely that holy demand of the law that we have greviously failed to keep. Where much of the preaching today…offers a false distinction between law and love, the biblical distinction is between law and gospel. Our love toward God and neighbor is the essense [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Feb 9th, 2009
Yesterday Megan and I were interviewed by the Session (leadership) of our local church body in preparation for Ethan’s baptism. The interview was sustained, meaning that the Elders have affirmed that we have the proper understanding of what baptism accomplishes (and what it does not) for Ethan, and of what our responsibilities are in raising our [...]
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