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"Stop Dating the Congregation" Pastors who love the Lord, discipline sin Introduction: Joshua Harris, mentored by C.J. Mahaney and now pastor of Covenant Life Church, has written a good little tome called, "Stop Dating the Church." It is a simple and yet important call for people to really get involved in their local churches by being committed to a fellowship of believers and serving the Lord in the midst of them. This is a much needed message in today's church hop, drop and shop mentality. But the converse is also true. Pastors need to "stop dating the congregation" and really get involved in the daily lives of its people. It's not enough to produce programs, preachments, outreaches, fellowship groups, missions, concerts, etc. Pastors need to--in fact they must--invest themselves in the lives of their congregations to the point that they are tirelessly serving them, praying for them, loving them, faithfully preaching the Word to them, equipping t...

The Glories of Mary, Mother of God (William S. Plumer, "The Ten Commandments" 1864) "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me." Exodus 20:2-3 A very favorite book among Catholics is entitled, "The Glories of Mary, Mother of God." It's author is St. Alphonsus Liguori. The translator dedicates the work to Mary, "the Queen of Angels and of Men," with "all veneration and respect," and says it is "designed to increase the number and fervor of her worshipers." Here is the table of contents: How great should be our confidence in Mary, Queen of Mercy. How great our confidence should be in Mary as our mother. The great love borne us by Mary our mother. Mary is the refuge of repentant sinners. Mary is our life, since she obtains us the pardon of our sins. Mary is our life, because she obtains our perseverance. Mary renders death sweet to her servants. Ma...

An Eschatological Perspective on the Election How did you feel when you woke up this morning with the Democrats in control of the House of Representatives and close to controlling the Senate? One conservative talk-show host has been trying to rally the Republican base in the past few months by asking listeners to consider how terrible it would be to have Nancy Pelosi as the Speaker of the House. Ms. Pelosi is indeed very liberal. She is also a moral relativist. In a recent interview she stated, “If you don't want an abortion, you don’t believe in it, [then] don’t have one. But don’t tell somebody else what they can do in terms of honoring their responsibilities…" (From an interview with Eleanor Clift of Newsweek). Apparently Ms. Pelosi believes that it would be a great evil to dare tell someone else that abortion is wrong. Rightness or wrongness is in the eyes of the beholder for Ms. Pelosi. Ms. Pelosi the abortion advocate and moral relativist is the new Speaker of the House....