Fear and Trembling

I wanted to take the chance to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And to thank God for His many blessing in Christ! II think the most interesting things have been said by Al Mohler , who asks how an atheist can celebrate Thanksgiving, and Mark D. Roberts , who reminds us who to thank.

I am going to try a new approach to comments on this blog, especially those who elect to remain anonymous. I plan to take Carl Trueman’s approach : I have been asked by several people over recent years whether Christians should respond if they are criticized or defamed on the web. The answer is simple: for myself, I do not believe that it is appropriate that I spend my time defending my name… As a Christian, I am not meant to engage in self-justification any more than self-promotion; I am called rather to defend the name of Christ; and, to be honest, I have yet to see a criticism of me, true or untrue, to which I could justifiably respond on the grounds that it was Christ’s honor, and not simply my ego, which was being damaged… Hitting back in anger at those who, justly or unjustly, do not like me and for some reason think the world needs to know what they think of me is no part of my God-given vocation. God will look after my reputation if needs be; He has given me other work to d...

I was raised in a fundamentalist Baptist church. That means several things, good and bad. I can’t dance. At all. I am horrible at poker. No practice. I’m pretty good at Rook, though. When growing up an “adult beverage” meant coffee. After all, it was hot and you could burn yourself if you spilled it. Gospel quartet music makes me smile. My heart sings! I like to pretend I am a bass like George Younce, but I’m really a baritone. I placed my faith in Christ when I was seven. I did not yet know just how selfish my own heart was, but my faith was real. I turned from my sin to Christ. I understood that “Christ died for our sins…” (1 Corinthians 15:3b). God has never let me go. He has taught me to repent, forgive and love. He’s still teaching me today. I’ve understood the meaning of “penal substitutionary atonement” since I was in the fifth grade. That was about the time I learned the meaning of omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, spirit, love, truth and some other attributes of God...

See here. Read a powerfull little article by "Dad Rod" over at Ligonier.