Archive for September, 2006

The Jailer’s Conversion

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

This seventh detailed record of conversion is found immediately following that of the story of Lydia. To take all in order and context you should probably take the time to read the sixteenth chapter of Acts in its entirety. But in these notes, and in an attempt to be concise and to spend less time […]

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Some Things Said… (September 06) (02)

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Anything Goes
Presbyterians in America aren’t known for preaching fire and brimstone. “No frenzy, no fanaticism, no skirmishing,” Mark Twain wrote of his mild-mannered denomination in 1866. “You never see any of us Presbyterians getting in a sweat about religion and trying to massacre the neighbors.”
Now, however — five years after 9/11 — the publishing arm […]

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Some Things Said… (September 06)

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Eastman and Meese Team with Hadley Arkes on Partial Birth Abortion Brief
CCJ Director John Eastman and CCJ Board of Advisor Chairman Edwin Meese III teamed up with Professor Hadley Arkes to file an important amicus curiae brief in the partial birth abortion case, currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Filed on Thursday, Aug. 3, […]

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The Conversion of Lydia

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

This record of conversion is found in Acts chapter 16. There are many things of note in the particulars mentioned. And while here our first interest lies in noting and identifying what things, what necessary things, were performed to identify the person as a Christian, I would be remiss if I failed to mention some […]

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