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IBC prof Mike Riley has some timely commentary. Please direct comments there.

Seriously, congratulations to new dad Scott Aniol and his wife Becky on the birth of their new son!

I was listening to the December 31, 2006 service of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and heard them sing a hymn I hadn’t heard before. I found it compelling, and perhaps you will as well. To appreciate it fully, you should hear the Tenth congregation sing it (mp3, 3.19 MB) with Paul Jones’ stirring [...]

Psalm 46
Tune: MATERNA
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GOD is our refuge and our strength,
Our ever present aid,
And, therefore, though the earth remove,
We will not be afraid;
Though hills amidst the seas be cast,
Though foaming waters roar,
Yea, though the mighty billows shake
The mountains on the shore.
A river flows whose streams make glad
The city of our God,
The holy place wherein the [...]

My good friends Birch and Connie Champeon have recently updated their web site. The Champeons labor with Bibles International. Check it out!

This superficial generation in judging the old faith passes judgment on itself. A young man came out of an art gallery fairly snorting that he had seen nothing worth looking at.
“If you please, sir,” the old doorkeeper calmly returned, “the pictures are no longer on trial, but the spectators are.”
- From “The Road to Certainty,” [...]

From Charles Spurgeon:
Children in grace have to grow, rising to greater capacity in knowing, being, doing, and feeling, and to greater power from God; therefore above all things they must be fed. They must be well fed or instructed, because they are in danger of having their cravings perversely satisfied with error. Youth is [...]

Johnny Damon came back to Fenway tonight. He was met with mostly boos.
I’ve never been much for booing- but I’ve never been one to root for a Yankee, either. I think Damon understands, though- reports say he tipped his cap to the fans anyway.

The lovely and witty Jennifer, whom I am blessed to call my wife, has passed her PRAXIS PPST, the first step in transferring her teaching certification from Iowa to Maine. This will allow her, Lord willing, to legally serve as supervising teacher for our children as we teach them at home, and aid others who [...]