In 1956 and article was published in the magazine Christian Life which listed eight principles for “New Evangelicals” which had begun a few years prior. 1. A friendly attitude toward secular science (opening the door for evolutionary concepts). 2. A willingness to re-examine beliefs concerning the work of the Holy Spirit. 3. A more tolerant [...]
We continued work on recovering our kitchen chairs today. Here is a photo of an old chair, a chair with the seat removed, and a chair with our new seat cover. We also put new foam under the cover.
We’ve started a project to recover our kitchen table chairs. The children are removing the seats from the chairs and the staples from the seat covers. We intend to insert new foam and use a different pattern and color scheme for the seat covers as we put them back together.
The nine points that define a liberal “Christian” (which could mean he/she may not really be a Christian, but merely think that he/she is saved) are as follows (from Ernest Pickering): 1. A rejection of the historic Christian doctrine of Biblical inspiration. 2. A tolerance of all views that come from with the religious community. 3. An emphasis [...]
The workmen finished the roof today. I forgot to take photos of the finished work, but here are a couple from the work in progress. Next up: new gutters and screens.
Work began early this morning for the purpose of removing and replacing our eleven-year-old roof which sustained hail damage back in October 2011. A large crew arrived early this morning and was able to remove all of the old shingles before noon. After lunch, they installed new felt and began the process of shingling the [...]
Tyndale This is a good book about the man who translated the New Testament from the Greek Text provided by Erasmus who compiled it from sources provided by way of the Eastern Orthodox Church after Constantinople fell to the Muslims. This text (Erasmus’) can be traced back to the beginnings of the church (and today is known as [...]
We welcomed 2012 without much fervor. The family has been working on organizing, cleaning, throwing things away, and more organizing. Much dusting has been done. Several bags of trash have been created. Old clothes that I haven’t worn in 10 years have been hauled off to Sharing Life or the Goodwill. I have been going [...]
The children are enjoying their new game table which allows for several games within the one table.
We decided to downsize this year and as a result we purchased this simple tree and hung some homemade decorations (popcorn strings, chains of green/red construction paper, and red/green pipe cleaners twisted into the shape of candy canes). We wish everyone a Merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of the incarnate Christ around 2,000 [...]