"Repeated blows of a hammer on the head of the same nail are necessary if it is to be driven in deeply, and one nail securely fixed is better than three of four loosely attached." A.W. Pink
Hammer and Nail is about Books, biographies, history, theology, music and politics.
Back in the late 80's I worked with Colson on a book signing tour for a chain of stores in Minneapolis. It was a highlight of my bookstore career. My son who was a 9 year old at the time was able to be a part of this tour. Not only did he meet someone who changed the political landscape of the time but a man who had been changed by the power of the living Son of God, Jesus Christ.
A little book with a big punch much like Knox himself. Lloyd-Jones has two chapters that came out of a conference in Scotland. In one he makes the argument that Knox was the founder of the puritans. In true Lloyd-Jones he holds nothing back.
He says that Knox's influence in some ways responsible for the the American revolution. "Consider the case of the Pilgrim Fathers. Knox is behind their whole attitude towards the State and the rulers; and so he is, as Thomas Carlyle claims, the founder of American Puritanism in exactly same way. Indeed, I would argue that he is in many ways the father of the American War of Independence which came to a triumphant conclusion from the standpoint of the colonists in 1776. He was the one who opened the door to all this."
The last chapter is by Iain Murray who brings forth a biographical sketch of Knox. Well done an a good read.
For all those men who have daughters this is a great song or prayer that should remind us to tell them about Jesus as the only one they need. Shane and Shane really have a heart for ministry and it is reflected in their music that leads us into the presence of "One We Need." Listen to the story of how this song came together.
I went to a Keith Green concert in Minneapolis at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in the late 70's. He was a fantastic song writer for the Lord who wanted to see the Church be the Church and stop playing at it.
"I repent of ever having recorded one single song, and ever having performed one concert, if my music, and more importantly, my life has not provoked you into Godly jealousy or to sell out more completely to Jesus!" — Keith Green
This post is for a friend of mine at work who loves vinyl and Keith.
Keaggy plays one of my favorites, Salvation Army Band which is from a great album True Believers. If you don't own this you are missing out. I became acquainted with Phil back in 1976 when he and Ted Sandquist played in a student chapel service at Northwestern College in Roseville, MN. A song form that chapel that Phil and Ted played was titled, All That I Can Do. It is found on the 30th Anniversary CD, The Courts of the King. I still think that the vinyl edition is better.
Keaggy is known as one of the top guitar players in the world. Just browse the MP3 section at Amazon and play a few samples. I think you will be enjoy his God given talent as much as I have over all these years.
He says that Knox's influence in some ways responsible for the the American revolution. "Consider the case of the Pilgrim Fathers. Knox is behind their whole attitude towards the State and the rulers; and so he is, as Thomas Carlyle claims, the founder of American Puritanism in exactly same way. Indeed, I would argue that he is in many ways the father of the American War of Independence which came to a triumphant conclusion from the standpoint of the colonists in 1776. He was the one who opened the door to all this."
"I repent of ever having recorded one single song, and ever having performed one concert, if my music, and more importantly, my life has not provoked you into Godly jealousy or to sell out more completely to Jesus!" — Keith Green
which is from a great album True Believers. If you don't own this you are missing out. I became acquainted with Phil back in 1976 when he and Ted Sandquist played in a student chapel service at Northwestern College in Roseville, MN. A song form that chapel that Phil and Ted played was titled, All That I Can Do. It is found on the 30th Anniversary CD, The Courts of the King. I still think that the vinyl edition is better.
