Please take the time to read the THIS POST on my wife's blog.
Please consider linking to it to help us get the truth out.
Thanks
Pc3
From her blog:
NEW:
For those seeking further clarification, Vision Forum has now provided an official response, along with an email address that will provide additional information on a need-to-basis. This includes a strong statement by a local San Antonio home educators' association leader.
Before submitting a request, individuals are exhorted to consider the effects of being exposed to lies and talebearing.
Proverbs 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Official Vision Forum response
Friday, April 27, 2007
An important post...
Friday, April 06, 2007
Good Friday
"It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion... You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse... You can shut him up for fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God." —C.S. Lewis
Saturday, March 31, 2007
The big 34
Another year older and wiser. I thank God for His blessing to a sinful and undeserving man.
That blessing includes (but is not limited to)
- A Proverbs 31 wife
- 7 beautiful daughters
- Pc4
- a great church family
- a great job for a wonderful company
- my parents who raised me to fear God.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Progressive righteousness
(or why teach your children Church History)
Psalm 78 1:7
1 A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. 5 For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, 7 That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments; 8 And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
emphasis mine
There is real tangible benefits to us and to our children when we take the time to teach them the glorious providence of God and the mercy he has shown to his people in times past.
Friday, March 23, 2007
More Friday video fun
A good friend of mine (thanks Darnell) sent me a link to the following video.
Methinks there's a lot of truth in them jokes!
Note To Al Gore put your money where your mouth is or shut up
Yeah that's about it.
Mr. "Are you ready to change the way you live?" or should I say Mr. "I use 20 times more carbon based energy that the average american"
Yesterday Sen. Daniel Inhofe (one of my new heroes) put an interesting question to Al "Oscar Winner" Gore. He asked him to be consistent with his rhetoric.
Of course Gore refused.
What was it that he asked Mr. "the world is melting"...I mean Gore to do? He asked him to take the following pledge.
(link to the Senate press release )
Besides moral consistency is hardly a hallmark of modern socialist politics. Just look at his old boss William Jefferson to see what I mean.
So until Mr. Gore is willing to make the painful cuts at his house. Until he is eager to bring this "moral" issue home to roost he needs to pipe down.
In fact until he signs the pledge I respectfully invite him to sit down and shut up.
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Other Helpful Links
Senator Inhofe's Contact form HERE
(go ahead and give him an atta-boy for standing up to the enviro-bullys - I did!)
Minority page of the Senate Committee on Enviroment and Public Works HERE
(Sen. Inhofe is the Minory leader)
Link to download Senator Inhofe's "A Skeptics Guide to Global Warming"
Link to the World Net Daily article about Gores refusal to take the pledge.
and finally for your viewing enjoyment a few embedded videos of Sen. Inhofe going toe to toe with Miles O'Brien on global warming.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Amen brother!
Keeping Pace
Posted: March 14, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
Help me figure this one out.
Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, characterizes homosexual activity as "immoral" and akin to adultery, and he is rebuked by career politicians like Sen. John Warner, R-Va. He is blasted by the usual array of homosexual pressure groups. He is forced to clarify statements that seemed to me to be unambiguous and (How do I put this delicately?) self-evident.
Read the rest of the article HERE
Farah hits a home run.
end of story
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Word of the Day
aseity
I love to read, so I am always delighted when I can learn a new word. I was reading a post on Doug Wilson's blog critiquing Richard Dawkins new book "The God Delusion" and I came across the word aseity.
Not being a philosophy major I have never encountered that word before. It's a good word. It's slight - doesn't waste a lot of syllables - kinda gets right to the point.
aseity - what does it mean? Click HERE to read the definitions on the google search I ran but basically its a philosphy term to describe the fact that God is self derived and not derivative.
He exsists on his own with out having been created.
See you just learned something too....Right?
Friday, February 16, 2007
A note of apology to all the other men of the world
Proof below:
I apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Music worth listening to
Jamie Soles is a Christian father and musician in Alberta Canada.
His website is www.solmusic.ca and his music is top notch in my book.
It tells Bible stories tells, teaches remembrances and glorifies God through Psalms.
We downloaded 2 songs from his webstore tonight $1.75 Canadian (about $1.45 USD) for each song and are looking forward to buying more in the near future.
I mean what's not to love about a guy who has 8 kids and describes his latest album this way:
"There are many things in Scripture spoken of as memorials, things which bring to remembrance - the rainbow, the priestly garments, memorial portions of offerings, Passover, jealousy tests, and ultimately, the Lord’s Supper. Memorials is a musical celebration of God's faithfulness reflected in these signs of remembrance."
Besides this is Scripture and good doctrine presented in such a way that you will be catechising your children and they won't even know it. This is the kind of music that helps parent create a "When you rise up" culture in their home.
I for one need all the help I can get.
Click HERE for lyrics and samples of the "Memorials" album summarized above.
Click HERE for lyrics and samples to the "Up From Here" album containing the two songs we've purchased (so far :) "As the Hart" and "Rats!"
Friday, January 26, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Of Huguenots and things....
We are studying through the book on the right in our Church book study. This week we came to the chapter on the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. This was the ambush of the French Protestant Church by the French Roman Catholic Royalty.
Click HERE for the wikipedia article on the massacre. In the footnotes of the article I found this link that contains a picture of Catherine de Medici (the queen mother who orchestrated the foul murders) as well as a picture of the Papal medal struck in celebration when the news reached the vatican!
I also found the following quote there by Jacques-Auguste de Thou taken from his book called "History of the Bloody Massacres of the Protestants in France in the year of our Lord, 1572"
"...the streets and ways did resound with the noise of those that flocked to the slaughter and plunder, and the complaints and doleful out-cries of dying men, and those that were nigh to danger were every where heard. The carkasses of the slain were thrown down from the windows, the Courts & chambers of houses were full of dead men, their dead bodies rolled in dirt were dragged through the streets, bloud did flow in such abundance through the chanels of the streets, that full streams of bloud did run down into the River: the number of the slain men, women, even those that were great with child, and children also, was innumerable"de Thou goes on
"At the same time, but with greater slaughter, were things carried at Rouen, where Tanaquilius Venato Garrugius, the Governor of the chief Nobility of Provence, a man of a merciful disposition, did what he could to hinder it. But at last, not being able any longer to withstand the violence of the seditious, (and especially of those who, the year before, were, by the decree of the Judges, delegated from Paris, proscribed, who hoped that, by this course, they should both revenge the injury offered them, and also obliterate the memory of the Decree), many were thrown into prison, and afterwards 15 Kal. of VIIIbr [September 17]. being called out one by one by the voice of the Cryer, were cruelly slain by those Emissaries, Maronimus a most wicked wretch leading them on. Upon this they set upon private houses, and that day and the day following they fell upon men & women, without distinction, and 500 of both sexes and all ages were slain, and their bodies being stripped, were cast into the ditches at Portam Caletenfem, and their garments all bloudy as they were, were distributed among the poor, they seeking even by these murders to ingratiate themselves with the people. This the Senate was in shew offended at, and began to proceed against the Authors of this fact: but through connivance it came to nothing, the murderers and cut-throats for a time slipping out of the City."It had to have been an incredibly difficult time for the French believers to live through. However God in His good pleasure was working all things together for good.
How?
Well according to Pastor Joe Morecraft in his sermons on the Reformation dealing with this time period this was the beginning of the end of the doctrine of the divine right of kings. The slaughter of the innocents on St Bart's day was the catalyst for the devolpment of anti-tyranical Protestant thinking that led directly to the American War for independence. One of the most influential books just prior to the war was entitled "Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos-A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants" (the text can be found HERE) published under the penname of "Junius Brutus" it has been attributed to 2 French Protestants and is a clear articulation of the Christian doctrine of resisting tyrants.
Also the mass exodus of the Huguenots from France gave us some of our most famous statesmen. Over 1/3 of our Presidents are reported to have Huguenot ancestry as well has men like Paul Revere, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and Davey Crockett.
I'll quit talking now but I recommend you get the book above - It's been a great jumping off point for teaching the kids - and I recommend highly Brother Joe's sermons I link to below on John Knox and the Protestant Reformation (the last sermon deals directly with the Huguenots).
As Dr. Morecraft says in the 4th sermon, to keep from becoming discouraged during our own trials and dark times we must "look to the rock from which we are hewn." We must know what trials our physical and spiritual fathers have faced and how God cared and led them.
Click HERE for the first sermon on Knox and the Scottish Reformation
Click HERE for second sermon
Click HERE for the third sermon
Click HERE for the fourth
Click HERE for the fifth (the last 35 minutes or so containing the discussion on the French)
Finally one last link to the entire series on the History of the Reformation
Brief Series Overview:
The Reformation comes alive in this fascinating study of its history. In 49 messages, Joe Morecraft covers the most important people and events of the Reformation. Beginning with the Westminster Confession and ending with the lives of many of the Westminster Divines, he covers the Scottish Covenanters, John Calvin, John Knox, Oliver Cromwell as well as some of the Reformation's darkest villains like Bloody Mary and King James I. This series is a must listen for any serious student of church history as well as those who just love the stories of the faithful men and women who worked, many of them suffering great persecution, to return the Church to faithfulness.  And a shameless plug for the family business: Own a piece of the Reformation. Visit Geneva Bible Pages. |
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
An appropriately named freebie
Why appropriate?
Be cause the edge of my deck is cover with ice, the edge of the roof is covered with ice the edge of the stairs is covered with ice, the edge of the ...well you get the picture.
Hope all my San Antonio area friends are safe today and tomorrow.
The Coghlan's will be spending the next few days in introspection examining our lives to see if there is any unrepentant sin that may have lead to the Lord sending this
(ht to spoofee.com for the freebie)
Monday, January 15, 2007
That's it I'm moving to Ecuador
Want to know why? Click HERE
or read this from a friend in San Antonio...
Subject: Freezing Rain
There are ice sickles hanging from my down spouts. We are in the middleof mixed rain with rain to follow.If you are in San Antonio enjoy the view.
Best to each,
Doug
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
A bit of Scrooge and cheer.
It was originally published on December 19, 1843 you can read the Wikipedia article on it HERE. Last year I reminisced about how much I enjoyed Scrooge's unrepentant meanness.
I always get a bit (just a bit) of glee in reading/watching/hearing Scrooges squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, steely eyed glare at the world.
Honestly who else but Ebenezer Scrooge would sit across the room from the GHOST (yes GHOST!) of his long departed and well loved partner and say
"You may
be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of
cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of
gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!"
ONLY the "old sinner" himself Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge.
While we may chuckle at Scrooge as he puffs and blows about spending money or the "surplus population" we exalt in him as he sees the light and becomes
"as good a friend, as good a
master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or
any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old
world."
This is the joy of true and good art. As man made in the very image of God we are bound in our very beings to try as best we might to mimic our Maker in His creative works.
Granted our works are but a pale imitations of His majestic handiwork but every now and then there is among us one who can really and truly convey a bit of the Creator to his fellow man, and when he does - the joy it brings to mankind is wonderful to behold.
I submit to you Mr. Dickens in this classic work achieves just that.
So come with me as I scrounge up a bit of Scrooge to share and start reflecting on the glorious gift of redemption that we celebrate this Monday.
Monday, December 11, 2006
