December 31, 2005

Grandpa’s Funeral

My brother, Pastor Tim Bixby ministering to Grandpa in this picture, will officiate the funeral for his beloved grandfather. The hospice says it will.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 28, 2005

Read Your Bible, Pray Everyday

It might become a tradition. Twice, now, at the end of the year, I have read/preached Thomas Watson’s “A Godly Man is a Lover of.... (Click here to read this post.)
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Katrina Kristmas

While most of us enjoyed home and hearth, family and friends, gifts and goodies, Christmas Eve in Louisiana was a special time of Christ-like loving.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 26, 2005

Missionary Cousin

I doubt that Matt Bixby would want me to broadcast this, but he is my cousin. Everybody has skeletons in the closet and I just.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 20, 2005

Quote of the Week

The greatest threat to Satan’s kingdom is not the American megachurch. It is whenever and wherever a motivated disciple-making pastor coaches an awakened laity to.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 19, 2005

Confessions of Stupidly Typical (?) Young Man

Spirituality and stupidity mingled. I was 17 when I wrote the following words. Just the day before I had penned a gut-wrenching, gonna-be-the-next-David-Brainerd entry. Then.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 16, 2005

Confessions of an MK

As is usual for me, toward the end of the year I begin perusing through old journals in order to induce myself into a frame.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 15, 2005

A Hyper Calvinist?

This is funny. You may want to check it out to make sure you’re not going hyper! Take a look at this: Help! I’m Going.... (Click here to read this post.)
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The Other Legalism

There’s a corrosive legalism in the blogosphere to be aware of, particularly in the discussions concerning fundamentalism. Legalism can be defined in many ways, but.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 12, 2005

Quote of the Week

My quote of the week is lifted off a mug, but is said to be from John Calvin: A dog barks when his master is.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 10, 2005

When Were you Converted?

Several years ago (eon in blog age) I posted the following question: Have you ever stopped to think what a bonfire salvation testimony time would.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 08, 2005

Mea Culpa Clarification

I do not want to muddy the waters or to come across as a doggedly belligerant muckraker, but from the various emails that I am.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 07, 2005

On Behalf of Grace

To Bob Bixby and the Readers of Pensées: (NOTE: This response was composed on Tuesday, December 6. It was not posted until now due to.... (Click here to read this post.)
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Mea Culpa

I’m sorry. I have said it in as many ways as possible that I love Grace Community Church and the leadership that I know. I.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 05, 2005

It is Due Process

*This is not a response to anything that has been said to me privately by anyone in leadership role at Grace Community Church. As I.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 03, 2005

Phil Johnson on Worldliness. . .hmmm

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December 02, 2005

Congregational Music

I got ensnared in a very lively conversation about music over at my neighbor’s blog on this thread. Scott Aniol asked me this question: So.... (Click here to read this post.)
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