Fire and Ice

A good web site featuring Puritian sermons is "Fire and Ice" .

Great Puritan and Reformed writings many in PDF files for downloading. A resource for anyone who loves reformed theology.

For just a little taste check out the article from Banner of Truth "John Owen on the Spirit in the Life of Christ" by Sinclair Ferguson. PDF

“Do not seek for warm fire under cold ice.” –Samuel Rutherford

Turning 50 Isn't So Bad

Today is my birthday and i turn 50, so what happened in 1956?

Dwight Eisenhower is president of the US

101 Southern Congressmen call for massive resistance to the Supreme Court desegregation rulings

Italian liner Andrea Doria collides with Swedish liner Stockholm and sinks of Nantucket Island

An anti-Communist revolt in Hungary is crushed by Soviet troops and tanks

Suez crisis occurs in the Middle

EastElvis Presley enters the music charts for the first time, with "Heartbreak Hotel".

Mel Gibson, Bill Maher, Joe Montana, Tom Hanks, and Larry Bird born

New York Yankees win the World Series

New York Giants win the NFL championship

Montreal Canadians win the Stanley Cup

Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show

The Price is Right game show premieres

In religious world history on this day - July 19 this is what took place.
Religious History
1649 In London, Edward Winslow, governor of the Plymouth Colony, helped organize theSociety for Propagating the Gospel in New England, for the purpose of converting theAmerican Indians to Christian faith.
1692 Five Massachusetts women were hanged for witchcraft. Fifteen young girls in theSalem community charged as many as 150 citizens in the area with witchcraft during thegreater part of this year.
1825 The American Unitarian Association was founded by members of the liberal wing ofthe Congregational churches in New England.
1835 Birth of Jesse Engle, pioneer missionary. In 1898 he led the first party of fivemissionaries to Africa under sponsorship of the Brethren in Christ Missions.
1904 Construction began on the Liverpool Cathedral in England. The cathedral wascompleted 20 years later and consecrated on this same date in 1924.

Turning 50 isn't so bad.

President Bush given copy of book by John Piper

President Bush given copy of Life as a Vapor, a book by John Piper, after it was presented to him by Andrew Benecke on June 28, 2006. Read more about Andrew Benecke and President Bush at this link. What an encouragement these two articles are in showing that a life can influence kings and queens and presidents. Be not ashamed of telling others the good news. Thanks Andrew for the example.

Eternal Perspective Ministry

Randy Alcorn has a good web site Eternal Perspective Ministry filled with resources for pastors on topics like pro-life, money, heaven, persecution, missions, ethics and a number of other areas. Take a look at the wealth of information available.

“Heaven” interview with Randy Alcorn

Listen to the following interview with Randy Alcorn regarding his book “Heaven”.
Total Impact with Kurt Goff - Radio Interview (mp3)

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Heaven, what will it be like?

Randy Alcorn’s book “Heaven” has helped me look at the topic in a new light. He answers questions that plague us all. What you thought you knew about heaven may be false in view of the scriptures. Alcorn lays out a feast of scripture to help us understand how magnificent heaven will be.

I rate this book as one of the top in re-aligning my thinking on a subject I had not given much thought to. As a believer in Jesus Christ I will be spending eternity in heaven, so why not expand my mind in what the Bible speaks of this grand place.