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About arator

Jesus is alive and the whole Bible is about Him, and I am nobody. I like to till the earth and muse over all things theological.

A Test Posting With Remote Journaling Software

Posted on September 9, 2008 by arator

just bought this nifty-looking software for my Mac called MacJournal I’m not sure how all the features work. But if this makes it to the blog, then buy the product. It looks pretty neat any way. My laptop goes with … Continue reading →

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Wade’s Back

Posted on August 28, 2008 by arator

hadn’t realized that Wade Burleson was blogging again. Because he had stopped blogging after his resignation as IMB trustee earlier this spring, I dropped him from my reader. Well, he’s back, fighting the good fight, or at least fighting. This … Continue reading →

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Baptist Hymnal, 2008

Posted on August 27, 2008 by arator

I heard it was in the works late last  year, so Monday I was surprised to read so soon that the new 2008 edition of the Baptist Hymnal was out. I don’t know why, but I figured that it would … Continue reading →

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Sitting or Doing?

Posted on August 15, 2008 by arator

ow this may offend some of you Praise-n-Worship brothers, but think about it before you write it off as an old crank who dislikes contemporary worship styles. This illustration was not totally my idea. I have to tip my hat … Continue reading →

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Truth or Error

Posted on August 13, 2008 by arator

ometimes the force of a quotation is delivered as much by who made it as what it was they said. Here is a good example. “With music one can seduce men to every error—and every truth.” —Friedrich Nietszche My lands, … Continue reading →

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Two Godly Men—Kindred Spirits

Posted on August 9, 2008 by arator

thought for some time, trying to arrive at a catchy title to this post, describing the meeting between Mark Driscoll and J.I. Packer; something like “Beauty and the Beast,” or “The Prince and the Pauper,” but I couldn’t find anything … Continue reading →

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The Bride of Christ

Posted on August 5, 2008 by arator

hat kind of bride are you? The whole question of “lordship” plagued our debates for some time as we asked if there was such a thing as a minimalist view of conversion? “We said the prayer and that’s it.” Yet … Continue reading →

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Praise Is His Gracious Choice

Posted on July 28, 2008 by arator

he congregational singing where my wife and I worship is better than most. A good number in the congregation actually sing. We mostly sing hymns from the Baptist Hymnal on Sunday mornings, with more modern “praise choruses” mostly sung on … Continue reading →

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The End of July

Posted on July 27, 2008 by arator

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Everybody’s an Evangelical

Posted on July 18, 2008 by arator

ver at Steve Brown etc. Os Guinness and Warren Smith were having a “civil” debate over An Evangelical Manifesto, a document released just this last May, of which Guinness has been the lead architect and main media spokesman. Not much … Continue reading →

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