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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.

Lord’s Day 43

Posted on October 25, 2009 by arator

(Third Part: Of Thankfulness—Questions 86-129) 112. What is required in the ninth commandment? That I bear false witness against no one; wrest no one’s words; be no backbiter, or slanderer; join in condemning no one unheard and rashly; but that … Continue reading →

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Another Camellia

Posted on October 23, 2009 by arator

ne other Camellia graces our east flower bed not far from where our tea plant is located. This east bed is one of our favorites because it gets good sun all morning and is sheltered by the harsher afternoon sun. … Continue reading →

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Reason to Share Christ?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by arator

hris, my son-in-law showed me this funny YouTube video this past weekend. He has a knack for finding the odd.

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A Euphemism for Inferior Church Music

Posted on October 19, 2009 by arator

t least that’s the way I took it. “…we have been greatly blessed as a congregation–we are blessed in the songs we are now able to sing, and we are almost equally as blessed by the songs we used to … Continue reading →

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Lord’s Day 42

Posted on October 18, 2009 by arator

(Third Part: Of Thankfulness—Questions 86-129) 110. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? Not only such theft and robbery as are punished by the magistrate; but God views as theft all wicked tricks and devices, whereby we seek to … Continue reading →

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Tea Time

Posted on October 16, 2009 by arator

nder our kitchen window grows one of the darkest green shrubs in our landscape. Evergreen and trouble-free, and slightly informal, it needs no special care, and other than nipping back a stray sprout now and again, it has never needed … Continue reading →

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The Millennium

Posted on October 13, 2009 by arator

“-a thousand years of peace that Christians like to fight about.” Douglas Wilson, at An Evening of Eschatology, September 27, 2009.

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Lord’s Day 41

Posted on October 11, 2009 by arator

(Third Part: Of Thankfulness—Questions 86-129) 108. What does the seventh commandment teach us? That all unchastity is accursed of God; and that we should therefore loathe it from the heart, and live chastely and modestly whether in holy wedlock or … Continue reading →

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Lord’s Day 40

Posted on October 4, 2009 by arator

(Third Part: Of Thankfulness—Questions 86-129) 105. What does God require in the sixth commandment? That I neither in thought, nor in word or look, much less in deed, revile, hate, insult or kill my neighbor, whether by myself or by … Continue reading →

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Abelia

Posted on October 2, 2009 by arator

don’t know what the name means, but “glossy abelia” sounds so beautiful that the plant just has to match, and it does. As the modifier implies, this abelia, Abelia x grandiflora, is indeed glossy. The tiny one-inch by half inch … Continue reading →

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