One Point Calvinism

J.I. Packer said, "The very act of setting out Calvinistic soteriology [the doctrine of salvation] in the form of five distinct points (a number due, as we saw, merely to the fact that there were five Arminian points for the Synod of Dort to answer) tends to obscure the organic character of Calvinistic thought on this subject. For the five points, though separately stated, are inseparable. They hang together; you cannot reject one without rejecting them all, at least in the sense in which the Synod meant them. For to Calvinism there is really only one point to be made in the field of soteriology: the point that God saves sinners.

HT: Scott Thomas

Please Pray for Me

I am heading out for my quarterly Prayer Retreat at the Wilderness Fellowship. Please Pray that my time of prayer and fasting will be fruitful and that I will clearly hear the voice of my LORD during my three days in the woods.

Thank you for your prayers.

I Got One!!!

I am happy to report that I purchased an ESV Study Bible today from Westminster Books for 40% off. Go get yourself one!!!

Thou Lovely Source of True Delight

1. Thou lovely source of true delight


Whom I unseen adore


Unveil Thy beauties to my sight


That I might love Thee more,


Oh that I might love Thee more.

 

2. Thy glory o’er creation shines


But in Thy sacred Word


I read in fairer, brighter lines


My bleeding, dying Lord,


See my bleeding, dying Lord

 

3. ’Tis here, whene’er my comforts droop


And sin and sorrow rise


Thy love with cheering beams of hope


My fainting heart supplies,


My fainting heart’s supplied

 

4. But ah! Too soon the pleasing scene


Is clouded o’er with pain


My gloomy fears rise dark between


And I again complain,


Oh and I again complain

 

5. Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light


Oh come with blissful ray


Break radiant through the shades of night


And chase my fears away,


Won’t You chase my fears away

 

6. Then shall my soul with rapture trace


The wonders of Thy love


But the full glories of Thy face


Are only known above,


They are only known above

Pointway Update

On September 14, 2008 we officially launched Pointway Church in Brainerd/Baxter, MN. We had 142 people join us for that first service and 106 and 114 respectively at the services that followed. We are excited about what the LORD is doing in and through us and we rejoice greatly when we consider his mighty works.

We have moved from the Gathering Season to the Developing Season and we have a lot of work to do. We have gathered and now we must work to integrate people into the life and ministry of Pointway Church.

We are overjoyed because we know that the Holy Spirit is strong within us and Jesus Christ has manifested his presence in glorious ways. It is the greatest joy of life to worship the King and watch him transform people's lives through the mighty power of the gospel. 

This is just the beginning - the best is yet to come!!!

I am going to the store

Asher and I were playing outside yesterday when he said, 'bye bye daddio'. I asked him where he was going. He said, 'to the store'. I asked him why he was going to the store. He said, 'to get some marshmallows and a book.' I asked him how he was going to do that since he was not allowed to ride his bike in the road. He said, 'This is a green truck, like grandpa's.'

Asher is to smart for his own good.