Francis Schaeffer

Recently I have been reading a book by Colin Duriez titled "Francis Schaeffer an Authentic Life" which has been a excellent read. It has caused me to think back to my college days and when we were expected to read a new book at the time called "Escape From Reason." The professor who made this required reading did a great service to the students under his charge. Soon I was reading "True Spirituality" and other works by Schaeffer. I was shaped in part by his writing.

Years latter I would hear him speak at Bethel College during his fight with cancer.

Over the years I have had the privilege to meet Edith and Franky Schaeffer on book tours when I managed a Christian Bookstore. Oh the memories that flood in from these wonderful by-gone days. Oh how God used Francis Schaeffer to shape a vast number of young people to see God more clearly.

Crossway publishing has done it again with this great biography.

Schaeffer video:
The Idol of Personal Peace and Affluence part 1

Bethlehem College and Seminary

Bethlehem Baptist in Minneapolis makes it official that it will launch a College and Seminary in the summer of 2009. I would encourage you to listen to Pastor John Piper describe the biblical foundation that this new venture will hold its self too. Watch and listen to the video The Earth is the Lords as Piper explains this biblical foundation to Christian education.

A new web site has been set up click this link to go to Bethlehem College and Seminary.

Be in prayer for the faculty and the students that will be attending that they would catch a vision to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.

Keeping Current on this Election

Check out the Electoral Vote website. It has maps for Presidential, and all the other races taking place this November 4th. It gives multiple polls so you can get a good perspective on who is doing better. On the maps you can take your cursor and put it on a state and it will show you current information along with what has happened in the past 4 elections.

I contains lots of other information as well. So check it out - stay current. Vote November 4th!

Faith by Hearing

I came across this great ministry blog that helps the reader download great MP3's from a reformed perspective. The blog is Faith By Hearing in which the creator invites the Ipod user to redeem the commute. I have had a number of evenings downloading great sermons and interviews. People like John Piper, Iain Murry, Martin Lloyd-Jones, Mark Dever, and the list goes on and on. Try it out and let me know if you liked it.

Blog Sabbatical

For the last few months I have taken a sabbatical from blogging. A number of things caused my delay in writing. I was layed off my job August 1st due to the economic slow down. During this time I have been doing construction work by adding two rooms in our unfinished basement.

Tonight I was starting to get ready for the launch of our small group from church in which we will be working though "Respectable Sins" by Bridges with supplemental reading from Owen's "Mortification of Sin." I reviewed Bridges book not long ago. You may want to go back and see it again.

The Republican and Democratic conventions are over so 60 days till election time.

The sabbatical is over.