Mangalwadi

My church was very blessed this weekend to have a guest speaker by the name of Vishal Mangalwadi. He is a brilliant Christian philosopher/theologian from India. He came and delivered five fascinating lectures adressing The Davinci Code and related topics. He also spoke on much of what I just finished reading in Francis Schaffer's book "How Then Shall We Live." Mangalwadi studied under Schaffer. I highly suggest checking Mangalwadi out via the internet or his books. If he come to speak in your town make sure you go!

Awesome Sayers Quote

"For whatever reason God chose to make man as he is- limited and suffering and subject to sorrows and death- He had the honesty and the courage to take His own medicine... When He was a man, He played the man. He was born in poverty and died in disgrace and thought it well worthwhile." - Dorothy Sayers.

Christian Humility

My assistant pastor at my wonderful new church preached a great sermon last Sunday on Christian humility. It can be found by clicking on link below and scrolling down to the end where Pastor Phil Henry's sermons are. It is titled "Christian Humility" and I highly recommend it.

http://rinconmountainpca.com/sermondocs.html

Be convicted, repent, and enjoy!

Hunting for a Husband

The time has come...

Today my precious little bengal kitten Indi (short for Indomitus; Latin for "wild") received a clean bill of health from the vet and a green light for breeding. Now the hunt is on to find her a husband worthy of her infinite beauty and charm. If any of you know such a fitting stud send him our way so that we may meet and he may receive the blessing.

Recommended Reading

Just finished up the book "How Then Shall We Live" by Francis Schaffer. It was my first Schaffer experience. This book is very different compared to what I normally read and at times I found it very challenging. I find history fascinating and would like to read more- if anyone has any recommendations let me know. Worldview is so important and Schaffer applied it in ways I hadn't considered thus far. I now understand the humanist worldview more and why they don't have the answers to life's greatest questions. I am so thankful that because of Christ I start at God and end in hope instead of being a humanist who starts at man and ends in despair. Anyway, this is a great book and I highly recommend it to everyone, especially those who love history, philosophy and truth. Happy reading!

Oblivious

I have good friend that is Jewish whom I have known for about 6 years. Last night I met with him to see photos from his recent trip Israel. Though it was really awesome to see photos of places I am familiar with because of my faith it was also a very saddening and sobering experience. Though the tour he went on concentrated on Israel's recent history there were some photos of places like Mt. Carmel, the Dead Sea, Tiberias and also some photos overlooking the Holy Land in which you could clearly see the Islamic Mosque. Every photo that was taken outside made me wonder, did Jesus walk there? It was so neat but it was so sad to think about my friend and the group of people he toured with being in Israel where Christ, the one true God who created them, had walked, preached the Kingdom, had lived a sinless life and then died on the cross for our sins- and they were completely oblivious to this.
As they stood on Mt. Carmel did they know that is where Elijah had victory over the 450 prophet's of Baal and showed Yaweh to be the one true God? As they were partying in Tiberias, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, did they think about all the great miralces ofChrist around there? And when they looked out over the city of Jerusalem do they know how Christ wept over it and that some day Christ will return to earth and reign from there? I am afraid they never thought about Christ as they walked where He walked. This made me so sad for my friend and others who are lost and oblivious to Christ. May God in His great mercy draw the lost and blind to Himself.