Thursday, December 08, 2005

Blog Site Thoughts

A couple thoughts on this blog site.


People continue to contact me and state their thankfulness for the practical and understandable biblical instruction on the blog site. I appreciate all that help keep this going (Ava, Jim, Bret, Dr. Bacon, etc. through their contributions, web and blog sites. Many people have contacted me and stated that they are thankful for the instruction in the blogs. It is important to keep inviting people to the site due the tools there for Christian growth.

It is not perfect in many ways (typing errors, limited site manipulators, etc.) I have not nor do I intend the site to become in any way debative or argumentative. That is why comments are not available. I believe the best we can do as Christians is to write to instruct God’s people in a positive manner. Pray that this can continue so that all Christians will feel comfortable reading and learning at this site. If due to health reasons I ever get to a place that I cannot keep this site ongoing I will either a. locate a person to keep it going in the same style and manner as now or b. it will be shut down. I do hope it never comes to this.

While looking over the blog I feel it would be good if we could move our blogs into more systematic and orderly headings. I am not smart enough to do that yet if it allows that to happen but anyway here is good outline of the blogs and the headings they would go under. None the less this is a quick listing of most that has been posted thus far. If you are new to the blog or are reading them through the first time I do suggest reading them in this order. So here is the outline:



God’s Gift of Grace Applied

1. Grace, Grace, God’s Grace

2. The Covenant of Grace - Hodge

3. The New Birth and Conversion: The True Biblical Salvation

4. God’s Orderly Work of Salvation

5.Foreknowledged Defined

6. Christ The Lord

7. The Providence of God Brings Comfort To Believers

8. Perseverance of the Saints

9. Calvinism


II. The Church, Communion and Day Of Worship

1. Identifying the Church

2. Leadership and Unity in the Kingdom of God

3. Baptismal Exhortation

4. Infant Baptism Does the Bible Teach It

5. The Sins of Rebaptism and Of Leaving One's Baby Unbaptized


6. True Communion

7. Glorifying God

8. The Lord’s Wonderful Day



III. Christian Witnessing

1. Called To Confess Christ In Word And As A Living Letter

2. Listening for Gospel Opportunities

3. Let's Evangelize

4. Creationism

IV. God’s Guidance and the Tools of Faith


  1. Guided ….. By God?
  2. Tools of the Faith
  3. Favorite Hymns
  4. More Favorite Hymns

V. Practical Christian Living to Glorify God

1. A Look At Commitment

2. Worry: A Serious Life Issue That Leads To An Atheistic and Lazy Process Which Must Be Broken Broken

3. Thoughts on Biblical Sexuality and in Overcoming Sexual Difficulty

4. Biblical Principals of Work and the Biblical Work Ethic

5. Jay Adams: Godliness Through Discipline

6. Jay Adams: Overcoming Evil

7. Our Basic Duty - Forgive the Repentant

8. AA Doctrines Compared with the Scriptures

9. One Anothering

10. What is Nouthetical Counseling